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Brownill Addy, Brownill & Taylor -
Bacon Thomas Bacon & Son -
Badger John Badger & Son -
Badger John William Wrigglesworth Badger -
Badger Jonathan Badger -
Badger William Badger & Company -
Bagshaw John Bagshaw & Sons -
Bagshawe John J. Bagshawe & Company -
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 -
Barber Charles Barber & Sons -
Barber I. & J. Barber -
Barber James Barber -
Barber John Barber & Son -
Barclay Barclay Bros -
Bardlay H. B. Bardlay & Co -
Barge Henry Barge -
Barker John Barker -
Barnascone Henry Barnascone & Son Ltd -
Barnascone Lewis Barnascone -
Barnes Matthew Barnes -
Barnes Verdon Barnes -
Barnett N Barnett & Co -
Barnsley George Barnsley & Sons Ltd -
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 -
Baum Baum Brothers (Sheffield) Ltd -
Baum Maurice Baum -
Baxter Robert Baxter & Company -
Baxter W. & J. A. Baxter Ltd -
Bayliss Bayliss & Company Ltd -
Beal J. & J. Beal Ltd -
Beal John Beal & Sons -
Beardshaw George Beardshaw & Son -
Beatson A E Beatson -
Beaumont W. H. Beaumont -
Beckett William Beckett & Co -
Bedford John Bedford & Sons Ltd -
Beeston Beeston & Company -
Beet Joseph Beet -
Belcher W.J. Belcher & Co -
Beldon Beldon, Hoyland & Company -
Belk G W Belk -
Belk Walter Belk & Sons -
Bell Arthur Bell & Company -
Bell Edmund Bell -
Bell John & Jonathan Bell -
Bell Matthew Bell -
Bell Thomas Bell & Son -
Benn James Benn -
Benn James Benn -
Bennett Norman Bennett -
Bennett Bennett & Heron Ltd -
Bentley William Bentley & Co -
Beresford W. Beresford -
Berkley G. E. Berkley -
Bernard M. Bernard & Son Ltd -
Berrisford Berrisford Brothers -
Best John, Thomas & James Best -
Biggins C E Biggins -
Billam J. Billam Ltd -
Bingham C. T. Bingham -
Bingham E. Bingham & Company -
Bird Bird & Blake -
Bird Bird & Company (Sheffield) 1914 Ltd -
Bird J E Bird -
Birks Birks, Withers & Sykes -
Birtles Birtles & Co -
Bisby A. H. Bisby & Company Ltd -
Bishop George Bishop & Sons -
Bishop Bishop, Carr & Company -
Bishop Bishop & Froggatt -
Black J .J Black & Co (Cutlery) Ltd -
Blackwell Walter Blackwell -
Blackwell William Blackwell -
Blackwell Blackwell & Marsden -
Blake Bird & Blake -
Blake John Blake -
Blake Thomas Blake -
Blaydes Edward Blaydes & Company -
Blaydon S. Blaydon -
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 Boswell, Hatfield & Company Ltd -
Boswell A. Boswell, Son & Naylor Limited -
Boulsover Thomas Boulsover & Company -
Bowden John Bowden -
Bowdon James Bowdon & Co -
Bradbury Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd -
Bradshaw John Bradshaw -
Bradshaw William Bradshaw -
Bradshaw William Bradshaw & Son -
Brameld William Brameld & Sons -
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 -
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 Table Requisites -
British British Stainless Products Ltd -
Brittain Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell -
Broadhead James Broadhead -
Broadhead R. Broadhead & Company -
Broadhead Broadhead & Atkin -
Broadhead Broadhead, Gurney & Co -
Broadhurst William Broadhurst & Son -
Brook Edwin Beighton Brook -
Brooke Peter Brooke -
Brookes John Brookes -
Brookes Brookes & Crookes Ltd -
Brookhill Brookhill Cutlery Works -
Brooksbank Abram Brooksbank & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Brooksbank H. Brooksbank (Sheffield) Ltd -
Broomhead Benjamin & Joseph Broomhead -
Broomhead Broomhead, Hinchcliffe & Company -
Broomhead Broomhead & Ward -
Brown Edward Brown & Son -
Brown H L Brown & Son Ltd -
Brown J. & D. Brown -
Brown John Brown & Company -
Brown Bayley Brown Bayley Steels -
Brownell Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell -
Brownhill E. Brownhill -
Brownhill Brownhill & Morgans -
Brownill Henry John James Brownill -
Brownill John Brownill -
Brownill Jonathan Brownill & Company -
Brumby Brumby & Middleton -
Bullous J. Bullous & Co -
Bunting C. V. Bunting -
Bunting Robert Bunting & Sons -
Bunting Bunting, Langdon & Company Ltd -
Burdekin B. & J. Burdekin & Company -
Burdekins Burdekins & Hawley -
Burgess J T Burgess & Co -
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 -
Butility Butility Cutlery Company Ltd -
Butler George Butler & Company Ltd -
Butler John Owen Butler -
Button H. Button & Company -
Buxton George Buxton -
Buxton James Buxton -
Buxton Buxton & Colgrave -
Buxton Buxton & Russell / E. J. Buxton & Company -
Broadhurst Cadman, Son & Broadhurst -
Birks Cam & Birks -
Brown Clark & Brown -
Brennan Fisher & Brennan -
Bell Hardy, Bell & Company -
Bird Hardy & Bird -
Baxter Hartley & Baxter -
Blaber Lambert & Blaber Ltd -
Burgess Larder & Burgess Ltd -
Brown Longden & Brown -
Bower Oliver & Bower Ltd -
Brown Parker & Brown -
Bertram Pickslay, Appleby and Bertram -
Beal Pleasance & Beal -
Binney Richardson & Binney Ltd -
Belk Roberts & Belk Ltd -
Bradley Russell Bradley & Company Ltd -
Bowers Sanders & Bowers Ltd -
Barlow Slack & Barlow (Sheffield) Ltd -
Baildon Standfield, Newbould & Baildon -
Barber Thompson & Barber / Thompson & Son -
Butcher Wade & Butcher -
Badger Warburton & Badger
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....
