Matthew Dodworth & Sons
This company supplied cutlery materials. In 1841, Matthew Dodworth (1813-1886) was a journeyman cutler, living with his wife Elizabeth (a dressmaker) in Paradise Square. His early life is obscure, but he may have been the son of John Dodworth and his wife, Lydia. In the 1851 Census, he was a spring-knife blade forger living with his family in Fitzwilliam Street. The Sheffield directory (1852) described him as ‘Jun.’, perhaps to avoid confusion with Matthew Dodworth in Division Street....
