H. Rowbotham & Company (Sheffield) Ltd
This firm can be traced to T. E. Rowbotham & Son, cutlery manufacturers, Globe Works, Penistone Road. Thomas Edward Rowbotham (c.1857-1922) was a Wadsley-born spring knife cutler, who by 1881 was working and living in Hill Foot, Sheffield. He married Annie Millicent and they had a son named Harold Rowbotham, who was born on 5 February 1894. T. E. Rowbotham & Son was listed in 1919, but when Thomas died ownership of the firm passed to Harold and his sisters, Lizzie and Nellie. This ....
