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A C & R A C & R Ltd -
Addy George Addy & Son -
Addy George K Addy -
Addy Addy, Brownill & Taylor -
Adwick John Adwick -
Akers Akers & Dickinson Ltd -
Alexander Alexander & Co -
Algor John Algor -
Allcut Allcut Cutlery Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Allen James Allen & Company -
Allen Allen & Darwin -
Allen Allen & Son -
Allen Allen's -
Allen George Allen & Son -
Allen Charles James Allen -
Allen Joseph Allen & Sons Ltd -
Allen Joe Allen -
Allen Edgar Allen & Company Ltd -
Amalgams Amalgams Company Ltd -
Amory Thomas Amory -
Amory John Amory -
Amos H. Amos -
Anchor Anchor Cutlery Company Ltd -
Andrew Andrew of Sheffield -
Antt Joseph Antt & Son -
Appleby M. Appleby -
Appleby Green, Pickslay and Appleby -
Appleby Pickslay, Appleby and Bertram -
Argyle C. A. Argyle & Company Ltd -
Arlanza Arlanza -
Arter Daniel & Arter -
Arundel Arundel & Eyre -
Ash J. Ash & Son -
Ashberry Philip Ashberry & Sons Ltd -
Ashby A. R. Ashby Ltd -
Ashford Ashford & Davis Ltd -
Askham John Askham & Son -
Askham Askham & Mosforth -
Askham Frost, Askham & Mosforth -
Asman F. Asman & Company -
Atkin Henry Atkin & Company -
Atkin Atkin Brothers (Silversmiths) Ltd -
Atkin Atkin, Oxley & Co -
Atkin Law, Atkin & Oxley -
Atkin Broadhead & Atkin -
Atkinson Atkinson Brothers Ltd -
Atkinson Wood & Atkinson -
Atkinson Frank 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 &lsqu....
