Barker, Davy & Company
Barker & Davy was listed in 1797 as a table knife manufacturer at Coalpit Lane (trade mark ‘BARKER / DAVY’). The partners were William Barker (c.1769-1834) and David Davy. Apparently, they were Quakers. Davy was probably David Davy (1768-1846), from Keighley, who later launched his own cutlery business. William Barker’s family origins are unknown, too, but he may have been baptised on 2 April 1769 by William and Sarah Barker from Newsholme, near Keighley (albeit the c....
