Thomas Tillotson & Company
Thomas Tillotson, the founder of this business, had been born in Gainsborough and became linked by marriage to the family of Peter Spurr. By 1774, he was in Lambert Street, but by 1781 had moved to Coalpit Lane (Cambridge Street). His firm specialised in table knives, using the trade mark ‘ALBION’. Thomas Tillotson became Master Cutler in 1789. He died on 26 October 1803 and was buried at St Peter’s churchyard (Derby Mercury, 3 November 1803). He had a large family, which....
