William Hawcroft & Sons
A trade advertisement stated that the enterprise was founded in 1833. It began as Hawcroft & Pearson, razor manufacturers in Eldon Street, which was listed in directories in 1834. One partner was Samuel Pearson. The other was William Hawcroft, a master razor manufacturer, who had been born in about 1801 in Bradfield. He was likely the William Hawcroft – the son of Isaac, a knife grinder – who was apprenticed to razor maker William Revitt (possibly?) and granted his Freedom in 1848.&nbs....
