Richard Lowe
Richard Lowe (1809-1888) was the son of Stannington-born Richard Lowe (1773-1852) and Ann Whittles (1785-1813). It is not known when Richard Jun. began knife manufacture (a cutler of that name was making pen and pocket knives in Harvest Lane between about 1825 and 1841), but he can be positively identified by 1849 as a spring-knife manufacturer, 167 Eyre Street. Two sons from his marriage in 1832 to Mary Antcliffe (1812-1901) were involved in the trade. Lowe also employed four men. Lowe co....
