Steer & Webster
A report in 1878 stated that this firm had existed for nearly a century. The forerunner was Steers & Wilkinson, scissors makers, in Townhead Street and Castle Hill. It was listed after 1816 and involved two brothers – George Steer (1789-1844) and William Steer (1791-1864) – and Thomas Wilkinson (possibly Thomas Wilkinson). The brothers were apparently the sons of Joseph Steer, a scissor smith, who may have died in 1794. Steers & Wilkinson was dissolved in 1834. By 1837, Steer....
