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Bacon Thomas Bacon & Son -
Badger John Badger & Son -
Badger John William Wrigglesworth Badger -
Badger Jonathan Badger -
Badger Warburton & Badger -
Badger William Badger & Company -
baff Baff & Co -
Bagshaw John Bagshaw & Sons -
Bagshawe John J. Bagshawe & Company -
Baildon Standfield, Newbould & Baildon -
Bailey L S Bailey & Co -
Baines Baines, Cattell & Company Ltd -
Baker John Baker & Company -
Baker John Baker & Sons Ltd -
Baldwin A Baldwin -
Ball Ball Brothers & Company -
Balsom W. Austin Balsom -
Barber Charles Barber & Sons -
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 John Barker -
Barlow Slack & Barlow (Sheffield) Ltd -
Barnascone Henry Barnascone & Son Ltd -
Barnascone Lewis Barnascone -
Barnes Matthew Barnes -
Barnes Verdon Barnes -
Barnett N Barnett & Co -
Barnsley George Barnsley & Sons Ltd -
Barrow Barrow -
Barstow John Barstow -
Barton Samuel Barton -
Bashford Thomas Bashford -
Bashforth Thomas Bashforth -
Batt James Batt & Co -
Batt John Batt & Company Ltd -
Batt William Batt & Sons -
Batty W. A. F. Batty & Son -
Baum Baum Brothers (Sheffield) Ltd -
Baum Maurice Baum -
Baxter Hartley & Baxter -
Baxter Robert Baxter & Company -
Baxter W. & J. A. Baxter Ltd -
Bayliss Bayliss & Company Ltd -
Beal J. & J. Beal Ltd -
Beal Pleasance & Beal -
Beardshaw George Beardshaw & Son -
Bearston Bearston Cutlery Ltd -
Beatson A. E. Beatson -
Beaumont W. H. Beaumont -
Beckett William Beckett & Co -
Bedford John Bedford & Sons Ltd -
Beefeaters Beefeaters -
Beeston Beeston & Company -
Beet Joseph Beet -
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 Edmund Bell -
Bell Hardy, Bell & Company -
Bell John & Jonathan Bell -
Bell Matthew Bell -
Bell Thomas Bell & Company -
Bell Thomas Bell & Son -
Benn James Benn -
Benn James Benn -
Bennett Bennett & Heron Ltd -
Bennett Norman Bennett -
Bennett Sir John Bennett Ltd -
Bentley William Bentley & Co -
Beresford W. Beresford -
Berkley G. E. Berkley -
Bernard M. Bernard & Son Ltd -
Berrisford Berrisford Brothers -
Bertram Pickslay, Appleby and Bertram -
Best Best English Cutlery -
Best John, Thomas & James Best -
Biggins C E Biggins -
Billam J. Billam Ltd -
Bingham C. T. Bingham -
Bingham E. Bingham & 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 -
Birtles Birtles & Co -
Bisby A. H. Bisby & Company Ltd -
Bishop Bishop & Froggatt -
Bishop Bishop, Carr & Company -
Bishop George Bishop & Sons -
Blaber Lambert & Blaber Ltd -
Black J. J. Black & Co (Cutlery) Ltd -
Blackwell Blackwell & Marsden -
Blackwell Walter Blackwell -
Blackwell William Blackwell -
Blagden George Blagden & Co -
Blake Bird & Blake -
Blake John Blake -
Blake Thomas Blake -
Blake Thomas H. Blake -
Blantern C. Blantern -
Blaydes Edward Blaydes & Company -
Blaydon S. Blaydon -
Blurton E. Blurton (Stourbridge) -
Blyde Edwin Blyde & Company Ltd -
Blyde John Blyde Ltd -
Boardman Boardman Plate Ltd -
Boardman John Boardman & Company -
Bocking George Bocking -
Bocking Samuel Bocking -
Bocking William Bocking -
Bolsover Henry Bolsover & Company -
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 -
Bowden John Bowden -
Bowdon Bowdon Cutlery Co -
Bowdon James Bowdon & Co -
Bower Oliver & Bower Ltd -
Bowers Sanders & Bowers Ltd -
Bradbury E. Bradbury (Coal Dealer) -
Bradbury Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd -
Bradley Russell Bradley & Company Ltd -
Bradshaw John Bradshaw -
Bradshaw William Bradshaw -
Bradshaw William Bradshaw & Son -
Brameld William Brameld & Sons -
Bramhall Bramhall & Co -
Bramhall George Bramhall -
Bramhall H Bramhall -
Bramhall James Bramhall & Son -
Brammall Joseph Brammall -
Bramwell Bramwell & Company Ltd -
Bramwell J H Bramwell & Co -
Brandon Brandon, Turner & Co -
Brearley Firth Stainless / Firth-Brearley Stainless -
Brennan Fisher & Brennan -
Briddon Briddon Brothers -
Briggs William Briggs -
Briggs William Briggs & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Bright A. Bright & Company -
Bright J. Bright & Company -
Bright K. Bright Ltd -
Bright S. Bright & Company -
Brightmore William and John Brightmore -
British British Silverware Ltd -
British British Stainless Products Ltd -
British British Table Requisites -
Brittain Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell -
Broadhead Broadhead & Atkin -
Broadhead Broadhead, Gurney & Co -
Broadhead James Broadhead -
Broadhead R. Broadhead & Company -
Broadhurst Cadman, Son & Broadhurst -
Broadhurst William Broadhurst & Son -
Brook Edwin Beighton Brook -
Brooke Peter Brooke -
Brookes Brookes & Crookes Ltd -
Brookes John Brookes -
Brookhill Brookhill Cutlery Works -
Brooksbank Abram Brooksbank & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Brooksbank H. Brooksbank (Sheffield) Ltd -
Broomhead Benjamin & Joseph Broomhead -
Broomhead Broomhead & Ward -
Broomhead Broomhead, Hinchcliffe & Company -
Brown Brown Bayley Steels -
Brown Clark & Brown -
Brown Edward Brown & Son -
Brown H. L. Brown & Son Ltd -
Brown J. & D. Brown -
Brown John Brown & Company -
Brown Longden & Brown -
Brown Parker & Brown -
Brownell Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell -
Brownhill Brownhill & Morgans -
Brownhill E. Brownhill -
Brownill Addy, Brownill & Taylor -
Brownill Henry John James Brownill -
Brownill John Brownill -
Brownill Jonathan Brownill & Company -
Brumby Brumby & Middleton -
Buck Buck & Hickman Ltd -
Bullous J. Bullous & Co -
Bunting Bunting, Langdon & Company Ltd -
Bunting C. V. Bunting -
Bunting Robert Bunting & Sons -
Burdekin B. & J. Burdekin & Company -
Burdekins Burdekins & Hawley -
Burgess J. T. Burgess & Co -
Burgess Larder & Burgess Ltd -
Burgon Burgon, Green and Co -
Burkinshaw Henry Burkinshaw -
Burland Burland, Ellis & Co -
Burley James Burley & Company -
Burnand James Burnand & Sons -
Burnett Burnett Brothers -
Burns Burns Bread Knife -
Burrows Samuel Burrows -
Bushell A. Bushell (Sheffield) Ltd -
Busy Busy Buff -
Butcher W. & S. Butcher Ltd -
Butcher Wade & Butcher -
Butility Butility Cutlery Company Ltd -
Butler George Butler & Company Ltd -
Butler John Owen Butler -
Buttery Gillott & Buttery -
Button H. Button & Company -
Buxton Buxton & Colgrave -
Buxton Buxton & Russell / E. J. Buxton & Company -
Buxton George Buxton -
Buxton James Buxton
John Blake
The Blake family came from Wath, near Rotherham, and moved to Sheffield in the late eighteenth century. By 1787, Thomas Blake Sen. had founded a file making business, but his sons – John and Thomas – later became merchants. John Blake (1783-1832) was Master Cutler in 1831. He laid the cornerstone of the new Cutlers’ Hall in June 1832, but within ten weeks succumbed to the cholera epidemic that swept Sheffield. He died after only a few hours’ illness at Port Mahon on 30 Augus....
