W. Rippon & Sons
The business was started by William Rippon who was later joined by his sons, Alfred and Harry trading as 'W. Rippon & Sons' and 'Alfred Rippon'. William Rippon was born in Ridgeway, on 6 December 1833, the son of John Rippon and his wife Ann. John was a sickle smith and came from a family associated with scythe and sickle making in the Ridgeway/Eckington area of Derbyshire. By 1851 William, aged 18, was serving an apprenticeship with Peter Jones, a table knife forger, and living with his famil....
