William Sanderson & Sons
William Sanderson (c.1796-1858) first appeared in a Sheffield directory in 1825 as a manufacturer of forks, butcher, shoe, cook and bread knives, and steels. His address was 36 Hollis Croft. At 55 Hollis Croft was Makin & Sanderson. The partner in that enterprise was Charles Sanderson, though the precise relationship between the latter and William (if any) has not been discovered. William briefly became a partner as a fork manufacturer with John Murfin at Backfields, but this was dissolved i....
