William Harwood & Sons / Samuel Harwood & Company
Little is known of William Harwood’s background. He was born in the 1760s, but does not seem to have been a working cutler. The apprenticeship rolls of the Company of Cutlers show only that William Harwood (presumably this individual) purchased his Freedom in 1791. Three years previously, Harwood and Lewis Thomas had opened an ironmongery shop in Market Place, so that they could sell locks, hinges, brass work, and other hardware (Sheffield Register, 10 May 1788). The shop traded for a decade. &n....
