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A C & R A. C. & R. Ltd -
Abbott Richard Abbott -
Ablett T. W. Ablett -
Adams J. Adams Ltd -
Addy Addy & Cocker -
Addy Addy, Brownill & Taylor -
Addy George Addy & Son -
Addy George K. Addy -
Addy John Addy & Company -
Adwick John Adwick -
AFC AFC -
Ainley George Ainley -
Akeroyd S. Akeroyd Ltd -
Akers Akers & Dickinson Ltd -
Alcock Brian Alcock -
Aldam John Aldam -
Alexander Alexander -
Alexander Alexander & Co -
Algor John Algor -
Allan James Allan -
Allcard Henry Allcard & Company -
Allcroft Robert and Joseph Allcroft -
Allcut Allcut Cutlery Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Allday Allday Goods -
Allen Allen & Darwin -
Allen Allen & Son -
Allen Allen's -
Allen Charles James Allen -
Allen Edgar Allen & Company Ltd -
Allen George Allen & Son -
Allen James Allen & Company -
Allen Joe Allen -
Allen Joseph Allen & Sons Ltd -
Allender Stephen Allender (and sons) -
Allison Edward Allison -
Aluminium Aluminium Tableware Ltd -
Amalgams Amalgams Company Ltd -
Ambler Ambler, Price & Cole (Amprico) -
Amery Abraham Amery -
Amory Thomas Amory / John Amory -
Amos H. Amos -
Amprico Amprico -
Anchor Anchor Cutlery Company Ltd -
Anderton C. Anderton -
Andrew Andrew of Sheffield -
Andrew Samuel Andrew -
Angus Angus & Coote -
Antt Joseph Antt & Son -
Appleby Green, Pickslay and Appleby -
Appleby M. Appleby -
Appleby Pickslay, Appleby and Bertram -
Ardron Brown, Ardron & Company -
Ardron Samuel Ardron & Son -
Argyle C. A. Argyle & Company Ltd -
Arlanza Arlanza -
Armitage Armitage Brothers & Company -
Arnold Arnold & Son -
Arrowsmith Arrowsmith -
Arter Daniel & Arter -
Arundel Arundel & Eyre -
Arundel Robinson, Lamb & Arundel -
Ascher T. Ascher -
Ash J. Ash & Son -
Ashberry James Ashberry -
Ashberry Philip Ashberry & Sons Ltd -
Ashby A. R. Ashby Ltd -
Asher Kenneth Asher -
Ashford Ashford & Davis Ltd -
Ashforth Ashforth, Cutts & Anderton -
Ashforth Ashforth, Ellis & Company -
Ashforth William Thomas Ashforth -
Askham Askham & Mosforth -
Askham Frost, Askham & Mosforth -
Askham John Askham & Son -
Asman F. Asman & Company -
Astral Astral -
Atherton Peter Atherton -
Atkin Atkin Brothers (Silversmiths) Ltd -
Atkin Atkin, Oxley & Co -
Atkin Broadhead & Atkin (R. Broadhead & Company) -
Atkin Henry Atkin & Company -
Atkin Law, Atkin & Oxley -
Atkinson Atkinson Brothers Ltd -
Atkinson Frank Atkinson -
Atkinson Wood & Atkinson -
Austin Austin Cutlery -
Axe Axe & Wright Ltd -
Axe G. A. Axe & Company Ltd -
Axelby J. H. Axelby & Sons -
Axelby Joseph Axelby -
Ayre Edley & Ayre Ltd -
Ayres Stokes, Ayres & Co
Robert and Joseph Allcroft
The first printed reference to these scissors makers was in The London Gazette, 20 December 1803. They were in partnership and were presumably brothers. They had filed for bankruptcy. The apprenticeship records of the Company of Cutlers provide further details. Both Robert and Joseph had been apprenticed to Robert Hinchliffe (presumably the noted scissors maker). They were the sons of James, who (according to Robert’s details) was a husbandman at Clipston Lodge, an estate, near Market Harb....
