John Turton & Company Ltd
John Turton (c.1818-1872) was active by 1849 as a spring knife maker in Meadow Street. Later he lived at Walkley and by 1871 was a dealer in cutlery and electro-plate in Market Street. He died at Carr Road on 17 April 1872, aged 54, leaving under £1,000. He was buried in Fulwood. ‘John Turton’ was next listed at Times Buildings, Bow Street. Turton’s widow, Harriet, probably continued the business. In 1891, she described herself as a ‘retired cutlery merchant&r....
