Thomas Wilkinson & Son
Wilkinson was one of Sheffield’s premier scissors manufacturers. Thomas Wilkinson (c.1782-1863) was making scissors in Meadow Street by 1822. He may have been the ‘Wilkinson’ in Steers & Wilkinson (see Steer & Webster). Thomas moved to Fitzwilliam Street (1833) and then to Workhouse Lane (1837). The firm employed some of the most skilled scissors makers in Sheffield, such as Peter Atherton. In 1839, the firm became ‘manufacturers of scissors in ordinary’ by ....
