Schofields (Yorkshire) Ltd
We believe that the knife we have was made in Sheffield (maker unknown) for Schofields (Yorkshire) Ltd department store.The department store was situated on Angel Street in Sheffield and was originally the premises of T. B. and W. Cockayne's Ltd, a business established around 1829. The first store, a draper's shop was opened by Thomas Bagshaw Cockayne and William Cockayne the sons of William Cockayne, a 'flax dresser and rope maker', i.e. a person who breaks and beats flax to remove coarse parts in prep....
