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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 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 James Barlow & Sons -
Barlow Obadiah 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 -
Barnes Thomas Barnes -
Barnes Verdon Barnes -
Barnes William M. Barnes / Louisa Barnes -
Barnett N. Barnett & Co -
Barnsley George Barnsley & Sons Ltd -
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 -
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 J. & J. Beal Ltd -
Beal Pleasance & Beal -
Beardshaw George Beardshaw & Son -
Beardshaw William Beardshaw -
Bearston Bearston Cutlery Ltd -
Beatson A. E. Beatson -
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 -
Bellanco Bellanco -
Benn James Benn -
Benn James Benn -
Bennett Bennett & Heron Ltd -
Bennett Norman Bennett -
Bennett Samuel Bennett & Company -
Bennett Sir John Bennett Ltd -
Bentley William Bentley & Co -
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 Pickslay, Appleby and Bertram -
Best Best English Cutlery -
Best John, Thomas & James Best -
Bierton Bierton & Staniforth -
Bierton Ernest Bierton & Son -
Bierton Roy Bierton Ltd -
Biggins C. E. Biggins -
Billam J. Billam Ltd -
Billing Joseph Washington Billing -
Bingham Bingham & Ogden -
Bingham C. T. Bingham -
Bingham E. Bingham & Company -
Bingham Thomas Bingham -
Binney Joseph Binney, Son, & 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 -
Birtles A. 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 -
Blackhurst John Blackhurst -
Blackwell Blackwell & Marsden -
Blackwell Joseph Blackwell & Son -
Blackwell Walter Blackwell -
Blackwell William Blackwell -
Blagden George Blagden & Co -
Blake Bird & Blake -
Blake John Blake / Thomas Blake -
Blake Thomas H. Blake -
Blantern C. Blantern -
Blaydes Edward Blaydes & Company -
Blaydon S. Blaydon -
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 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 -
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 Bower & Eadon -
Bower Oliver & Bower Ltd -
Bowers Sanders & Bowers Ltd -
Bowler J. Dewsnap Bowler Ltd -
Bradbury Bradbury & Wastinage -
Bradbury E. Bradbury (Coal Dealer) -
Bradbury Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd -
Bradbury Vincent Bradbury -
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 & Son -
Brady Brady & Marshall -
Brady Jarvis (or Gervase) Brady -
Brameld William Brameld & Sons -
Bramhall Bramhall & Co -
Bramhall George Bramhall -
Bramhall H. Bramhall -
Bramhall James Bramhall & Son -
Brammall Joseph Brammall -
Brammar Benjamin Brammar & Son -
Bramwell Bramwell & Company Ltd -
Bramwell J. H. Bramwell & Co -
Brandon Brandon, Turner & Co -
Brassington William & George Brassington -
Brearley Firth Stainless / Firth-Brearley Stainless -
Brennan Fisher & Brennan -
Briddock George Briddock -
Briddock Martin Briddock -
Briddon Briddon Brothers -
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 James Broadhead -
Broadhead R. Broadhead & Company -
Broadhurst Cadman, Son & Broadhurst -
Broadhurst William Broadhurst & Son -
Bromley Samuel Bromley -
Brook Edwin Beighton Brook -
Brooke Peter Brooke -
Brookes Brookes & Crookes Ltd -
Brookes Ebenezer Brookes -
Brookes John Brookes -
Brookes Jonathan Brookes -
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 Bayley Steels -
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 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 -
Bullous J. Bullous & Co -
Bunting Bunting, Langdon & Company Ltd -
Bunting C. V. Bunting -
Bunting Robert Bunting & Sons / Richard Bunting & Sons -
Burch George Burch -
Burch Thomas Burch -
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 -
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 James Burnand & Sons -
Burnett Burnett Brothers -
Burns Burns Bread Knife -
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 -
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 / Thomas 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 August 1....
