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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 -
Allanson Fenton, Allanson & Machon -
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 -
Archer Henry Archer & Company -
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
John Askham & Son
John Askham was born in Sheffield – probably in 1817 - the son of Joshua, a cutler, and his wife, Elizabeth. He apparently served his apprenticeship in Broad Lane, where Samuel Frost operated a cutlery manufactory. In about 1850, Askham became a partner in the table cutlery business of Frost, Askham & Mosforth at Broad Lane Works. Thomas Mosforth (b. 1821), was the son of a table-knife forger. Local historian Mary Chesworth (1984), who located a billhead for the firm, wrote that ‘the p....
