J. & J. Beal Ltd
This enterprise began in Ranmoor, where the Beal clan had manufactured scissors since at least the 1790s. According to Stainton (1924)1: ‘[at Water Lane] stood Beal’s factory, the Rand-Moor Cutlery Works, and three cottages, the water for grinding wheels being obtained from one of the many springs which coursed down the steep hillsides. The factory stood on the east side of Water Lane’. The cutlery works, which has been described in detail in Warr (2009)2, was operated by Peter Beal.....
