J. B. Rawlins & Son Ltd
The founder was Joseph Benjamin Rawlins (1828-1895), who was the son of Francis and Hannah Rawlins. Francis was a journeyman cutler, who lived at Pye Bank in 1841. However, he died in June 1850, aged 59 (when he was a warehouseman, according to the burial register of the parish church). By 1851, Joseph was a scissors filer and living with his widowed mother in Nursery Street. In 1859, he launched a business as a dressing-case instrument maker. His works address initially was the same as his home....
