William Wild
This cutler’s name is common enough to make it difficult to ascertain many personal details. He was a table knife manufacturer, who was based at Peacroft. He appeared first in a Sheffield directory in 1818, though a William Wild, table knife cutler, had been in partnership with Jacob Hatfield. This was dissolved in 1805. By the start of the 1820s, William Wild was operating at Peacroft as a factor and table knife manufacturer. He was briefly in partnership as a factor with William Woodcock....
