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 |
The founders – Edward Atkinson (1846-1904) and John Furniss Atkinson (1851-1914) – were the sons of William Atkinson (a draper) and his wife Caroline Frances Bacon. Their mother was the daughter of Henry Andrew Bacon, who had launched The Sheffield Independent newspaper. William Atkinson, Broomgrove, died on 29 November 1874, aged 76, leaving under £2,000. Caroline died only hours later 1 December 1874, aged 56.
Edward and John trained as cutlery clerks: the former at E. Parker &a....