William Bagshaw / Robert Bagshaw
Bagshaw & Kitchen was a spring-knife maker in Spring Street by 1817 (with William Bagshaw, probably one of the partners, living in Coulston Croft). This ended in 1817. By 1822, William Bagshaw (born c. 1784) was operating alone as a maker of fine pen, sportsmen’s, and pocket knives in the same street. In the 1828 directory, he was also a grocer. In 1837, Bagshaw retired and sold his cutlery stock and warehouse fixtures (Sheffield Independent, 4 March 1837). In 1841, William B....
