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- Select a name from below.
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Bacon Stephen Bacon / Charles W. Bacon Ltd -
Bacon Thomas Bacon & Son -
Badger John Badger & Son -
Badger John William Wrigglesworth Badger -
Badger Jonathan Badger / William Badger & Company -
baff Baff & Co -
Bagshaw John Bagshaw & Sons -
Bagshaw William Bagshaw / Robert Bagshaw -
Bagshawe John J. Bagshawe & Company -
Baildon Standfield, Newbould & Baildon -
Bailey Joseph Bailey & Sons -
Bailey L. S. Bailey & Co -
Baines Baines, Cattell & Company Ltd -
Baker John Baker & Company -
Baker John Baker & Sons Ltd -
Baldwin A Baldwin & Company (Cutlers) Ltd -
Ball Ball Brothers & Company -
Ball Dawes & Ball (Sheffield) Ltd -
Ball Joseph Ball -
Balsom W. Austin Balsom -
Bamforth William Bamforth -
Barber Charles Barber & Sons -
Barber Edward Barber -
Barber I. & J. Barber -
Barber James Barber -
Barber John Barber & Son -
Barber Thompson & Barber / Thompson & Son -
Barclay Barclay Bros -
Bardlay H. B. Bardlay & Co -
Barge Henry Barge -
Barker Barker, Davy & Company -
Barker John Barker -
Barlow J. & T. Barlow & Company -
Barlow James Barlow & Company / Barlows & Deakin -
Barlow James Barlow & Sons -
Barlow Obadiah Barlow -
Barlow Samuel Barlow -
Barlow Samuel Barlow -
Barlow Slack & Barlow (Sheffield) Ltd -
Barnard Barnard & Company -
Barnard Robert Barnard -
Barnascone Henry Barnascone & Son Ltd -
Barnascone Lewis Barnascone -
Barnes Alexander Barnes -
Barnes Edward Barnes & Sons -
Barnes Frederic Barnes & Company -
Barnes Isaac Barnes -
Barnes Isaac Barnes / George Barnes -
Barnes Josiah Barnes -
Barnes Matthew Barnes / Maria Barnes & Son -
Barnes Thomas Barnes -
Barnes Verdon Barnes -
Barnes William M. Barnes / Louisa Barnes -
Barnett N. Barnett & Co -
Barnsley George Barnsley & Sons Ltd -
Barraclough Joseph Barraclough & Company -
Barretta Andrew Barretta / Wilfred Andrew Barretta -
Barrow Barrow -
Barstow John Barstow -
Barton Barton Brothers & Company -
Barton Samuel Barton -
Bashford Thomas Bashford -
Bashforth Thomas Bashforth -
Bateman George Bateman -
Bateman Robert Bateman -
Batt John Batt & Company Ltd -
Batt William Batt & Sons -
Battie George Battie & Brothers -
Batty W. A. F. Batty & Son -
Baum Baum Brothers (Sheffield) Ltd -
Baum Maurice Baum -
Baxter Hartley & Baxter -
Baxter John Baxter -
Baxter Robert Baxter & Company -
Baxter W. & J. A. Baxter Ltd -
Bayliss Bayliss & Company Ltd -
Beal Enoch Beal -
Beal J. & J. Beal Ltd -
Beal James Beal -
Beal Pleasance & Beal -
Beal W. Beal & Son -
Beardshaw Albert J. Beardshaw & Company -
Beardshaw George Beardshaw & Son -
Beardshaw William Beardshaw -
Bearston Bearston Cutlery Ltd -
Beatson A. E. Beatson -
Beatson Beatson Drake Ltd -
Beatson C. H. Beatson & Sons -
Beatson Francis Beatson & Sons -
Beatson Frederick Beatson & Sons Ltd -
Beatson William Beatson & Sons -
Beaumont Beaumont Brothers -
Beaumont W. H. Beaumont -
Beaver William Beaver -
Beckett William Beckett & Co -
Bedford John Bedford & Sons Ltd -
Bednal John Bednal & Company / Thornhill, Bednal & Company Ltd -
Beefeaters Beefeaters -
Beely Thomas Beely -
Beeston Beeston & Company -
Beet Benjamin Beet -
Beet Edward Beet / Thomas Beet -
Beet Jeremiah Beet -
Beet John Beet -
Beet Jonathan Beet & Sons -
Beet William Beet & Sons -
Belcher W. J. Belcher & Co -
Beldon Beldon, Hoyland & Company -
Belk G. W. Belk -
Belk Roberts & Belk Ltd -
Belk Walter Belk & Sons -
Bell Arthur Bell & Company -
Bell Bell & Turner -
Bell Edmund Bell -
Bell Hardy, Bell & Company -
Bell John & Jonathan Bell -
Bell Matthew Bell / Bell & Turner -
Bell Thomas Bell & Company -
Bell Thomas Bell & Son -
Bellamy Bellamy & Gordon -
Bellamy Jackson & Bellamy Ltd -
Bellanco Bellanco -
Bells Bells & Shepherd -
Benn James Benn -
Benn James Benn -
Bennett Bennett & Heron Ltd -
Bennett Joseph Bennett -
Bennett Norman Bennett -
Bennett Samuel Bennett & Company -
Bennett Sir John Bennett Ltd -
Bentley Bentley & Wilson -
Bentley William Bentley & Co -
Benton Dutton & Benton -
Benton George and Frederick Benton -
Benton Thomas H. Benton & Company Ltd -
Berek Emil Berek & Company -
Beresford W. Beresford -
Berger M. Berger & Co Ltd -
Berkley Gotthold Ephraim Berkley -
Berley George Berley -
Bernard M. Bernard & Son Ltd -
Berrisford Berrisford Brothers -
Bertram James Bertram -
Bertram Pickslay, Appleby and Bertram -
Best Best English Cutlery -
Best John, Thomas & James Best -
Best R. Best -
Betts Thomas Betts -
Bexfield H. Cubitt Bexfield Ltd -
Bibby Bibby & Goddard -
Bierton Bierton & Staniforth -
Bierton Ernest Bierton & Son -
Bierton Roy Bierton Ltd -
Biggin Alfred Biggin & Son -
Biggin Henry Biggin & Company -
Biggin John Biggin Ltd -
Biggin Samuel Biggin & Son -
Biggin Samuel, Joshua, and John Biggin -
Biggins Biggins Brothers Ltd -
Biggins C. E. Biggins -
Biggins Fox & Biggins -
Billam J. Billam Ltd -
Billing Joseph Washington Billing -
Bingham Bingham & Ogden -
Bingham C. T. Bingham -
Bingham E. Bingham & Company -
Bingham James Bingham & Company -
Bingham Thomas Bingham -
Bingham William Bingham -
Bingley Bingley, Worrall & Company -
Binney Joseph Binney, Son, & Company -
Binney Longden, Binney & Company -
Binney Richardson & Binney Ltd -
Bird Bird & Blake -
Bird Bird & Company (Sheffield) 1914 Ltd -
Bird Hardy & Bird -
Bird J. E. Bird -
Birks Birks, Withers & Sykes -
Birks Cam & Birks -
Birks Ebenezer Birks Jun. -
Birks Henry Birks & Sons -
Birks Jonathan Birks & Son -
Birks William Birks & Son -
Birtles A. Birtles & Co -
Bisby A. H. Bisby & Company Ltd -
Bishop Bishop & Froggatt -
Bishop Bishop, Carr & Company -
Bishop George Bishop -
Bishop George Bishop & Sons -
Blaber Lambert & Blaber Ltd -
Black J. J. Black & Co (Cutlery) Ltd -
Blackhurst John Blackhurst -
Blackwell Abraham Blackwell -
Blackwell Blackwell & Marsden -
Blackwell Joseph Blackwell & Son -
Blackwell Thomas Blackwell -
Blackwell Walter Blackwell -
Blackwell William Blackwell -
Blagden Blagden, Hodgson & Company -
Blagden George Blagden & Co -
Blake Bird & Blake -
Blake John Blake / Thomas Blake -
Blake Thomas H. Blake -
Blanks Sheffield ‘Blanks’ Ltd -
Blantern C. Blantern -
Blaydes Edward Blaydes & Company -
Blaydon S. Blaydon -
Blonk Blonk & Son -
Bloxham A. C. Bloxham -
Blurton E. Blurton (Stourbridge) -
Blyde Edwin Blyde & Company Ltd -
Blyde James Blyde & Son -
Blyde John Blyde Ltd -
Blyde William Blyde & Company -
Boardman Boardman, Glossop & Company Ltd -
Boardman John Boardman & Company / Boardman Plate -
Boardman John Boardman Ltd -
Bocking George Bocking / William Bocking -
Bocking Samuel Bocking -
Bocking William Bocking -
Boddington George Willie Boddington -
Boden James Boden -
Bolsover Henry Bolsover & Company -
Bolton Bolton Surgical Ltd -
Booth Alfred Booth & Son -
Booth Henry C. Booth & Company -
Booth Luke Booth & Son -
Booth R. Booth Ltd -
Booth W. Booth -
Booth William T. Booth -
Borwick Samuel Borwick -
Boswell A. Boswell, Son & Naylor Limited -
Boswell Boswell, Hatfield & Company Ltd -
Boulsover Thomas Boulsover & Company -
Bourne Stacey & Bourne -
Bowden John Bowden -
Bowdon Bowdon Cutlery Co -
Bowdon James Bowdon & Co -
Bower Bower & Eadon -
Bower Charles Bower -
Bower Oliver & Bower Ltd -
Bowers Sanders & Bowers Ltd -
Bowker William Bowker & Sons Ltd -
Bowler J. Dewsnap Bowler Ltd -
Bowman Bowman & Pike Ltd -
Bradbury Bradbury & Wastinage -
Bradbury E. Bradbury (Coal Dealer) -
Bradbury Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd -
Bradbury Vincent Bradbury -
Bradley John Rose Bradley -
Bradley Russell Bradley & Company Ltd -
Bradley Thomas J. Bradley / Thomas Wilson Bradley -
Bradshaw Charles Bradshaw -
Bradshaw John Bradshaw -
Bradshaw John Smith Bradshaw & Company -
Bradshaw Vincent Bradshaw -
Bradshaw William Bradshaw -
Bradshaw William Bradshaw -
Bradshaw William Bradshaw & Son -
Brady Brady & Marshall -
Brady Jarvis (or Gervase) Brady -
Brailsford Brailsford & Spencer -
Braithwaite Braithwaite (Richard, William, and Charles) -
Braithwaite Thomas Braithwaite -
Bramall Henry Bramall -
Brameld William Brameld & Sons -
Bramhall Bramhall & Co -
Bramhall George Bramhall -
Bramhall H. Bramhall -
Bramhall James Bramhall & Son -
Brammall Joseph Brammall -
Brammall Nicholas Brammall -
Brammar Benjamin Brammar & Son -
Brammer Joseph Brammer -
Bramwell Bramwell & Company Ltd -
Bramwell J. H. Bramwell & Co -
Brandon Brandon, Turner & Co -
Brassington William & George Brassington -
Brearley Firth Stainless / Firth-Brearley Stainless -
Brearley William Brearley -
Brennan Fisher & Brennan -
Briddock George Briddock -
Briddock Martin Briddock -
Briddon Briddon Brothers -
Briggs Henry Briggs -
Briggs William Briggs -
Briggs William Briggs & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Bright A. Bright & Company -
Bright Ephraim Bright -
Bright J. Bright & Company -
Bright K. Bright Ltd -
Bright S. Bright & Company -
Brightmore William and John Brightmore -
British British Oneida Community Ltd -
British British Silverware Ltd -
British British Stainless Products Ltd -
British British Table Requisites -
Brittain Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell -
Broad John Broad -
Broadhead Broadhead & Atkin (R. Broadhead & Company) -
Broadhead Broadhead, Gurney & Co -
Broadhead Broadhead, Hall & Company -
Broadhead James Broadhead -
Broadhead R. Broadhead & Company -
Broadhurst Cadman, Son & Broadhurst -
Broadhurst William Broadhurst & Son -
Bromley Samuel Bromley -
Brook Edwin Beighton Brook -
Brook John Brook & Son / Brook Brothers Ltd -
Brooke Peter Brooke -
Brookes Brookes & Crookes Ltd -
Brookes Ebenezer Brookes -
Brookes John Brookes -
Brookes Jonathan Brookes -
Brookes William Brookes & Sons -
Brookfield William Brookfield -
Brookhill Brookhill Cutlery Works -
Brooksbank Abram Brooksbank & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Brooksbank H. Brooksbank (Sheffield) Ltd -
Broomhead Benjamin & Joseph Broomhead -
Broomhead Broomhead & Thomas -
Broomhead Broomhead & Ward -
Broomhead Broomhead, Hinchsliffe & Company -
Brown Brown & Smith -
Brown Brown & Tompkin -
Brown Brown Bayley Steels -
Brown Brown, Ardron & Company -
Brown Clark & Brown -
Brown Edward Brown & Son -
Brown George Brown -
Brown H. L. Brown & Son Ltd -
Brown J. & D. Brown -
Brown John Brown & Company -
Brown John Brown & Company -
Brown Joseph Brown -
Brown Longden & Brown -
Brown Parker & Brown -
Brown W. Brown & Sons -
Brownhill Brownhill & Morgans -
Brownhill Ernest Brownhill Ltd -
Brownill Addy, Brownill & Taylor -
Brownill Henry John James Brownill -
Brownill John Brownill -
Brownill Jonathan Brownill & Company -
Brumby Brumby & Middleton -
Buck Buck & Hickman Ltd -
Buckley Buckley & Taylor Ltd -
Buckley Buckley Brothers -
Bullous J. Bullous & Co -
Bunting Bunting, Langdon & Company Ltd -
Bunting C. V. Bunting -
Bunting Robert Bunting & Sons / Richard Bunting & Sons -
Burch Alfred Burch -
Burch George Burch -
Burch Hawksley & Burch -
Burch Thomas Burch -
Burdall Burdall’s Ltd -
Burdekin B. & J. Burdekin & Company (Burdekins & Hawley) -
Burdekin Corsan, Denton, Burdekin & Company -
Burdekins Burdekins & Hawley -
Burgess J. T. Burgess & Co -
Burgess Larder & Burgess Ltd -
Burgin John & William Burgin (Burgin Brothers) -
Burgin John Burgin -
Burgin Joseph Burgin -
Burgon Burgon, Green and Co -
Burgon Charles Burgon -
Burgon Larom & Burgon -
Burkinshaw Aaron Burkinshaw -
Burkinshaw Henry Burkinshaw -
Burland Burland, Ellis & Co -
Burley James Burley & Company -
Burnand Burnand, Booth & Company Ltd -
Burnand James Burnand & Sons -
Burnand Leonard Burnand -
Burnell W. Burnell Ltd -
Burnett Burnett Brothers -
Burns Burns Bread Knife -
Burrell Edgar Pease Burrell -
Burrows Samuel Burrows -
Burton Thomas Burton -
Bushell A. Bushell (Sheffield) Ltd -
Busy Busy Buff -
Butcher W. & S. Butcher Ltd -
Butcher Wade & Butcher -
Butility Butility Cutlery Company Ltd -
Butler Charles Butler -
Butler George Butler & Company Ltd -
Butler John Owen Butler -
Butler William Butler -
Buttery Gillott & Buttery -
Button H. Button & Company -
Buxton Buxton & Colgrave -
Buxton Buxton & Russell / E. J. Buxton & Company -
Buxton George Albert Buxton -
Buxton George Buxton -
Buxton James Buxton
William Bamforth
At the Great Exhibition (1851), Joseph Rodgers & Sons displayed its giant ‘Norfolk Knife’. Rodgers’ company history, Under Five Sovereigns (1911) stated that it was made by ‘a workman named William Bamforth, two years being necessary for its manufacture’. He was likely the ‘sportsman knife maker’ of that name enumerated in the Census (1851). He had been born in about 1803 in Nether Hallam and was living in Meadow Street. He later moved to Orchard Roa....
