George Ibbotson
This cutler advertised in the directory (1856) as a pen and pocket knife manufacturer at Wadsley. Ibbotson was a common name, but the individual may have been George Ibbotson (1829-?), who had been born in Ecclesfield. He was the son of Henry Ibbotson (variously described as an anvil maker and spring-knife cutler) and his wife, Rachel. George was grinding, aged twelve; a decade later he was a coach spring maker; and by 1861, a spring knife cutler in Wadsley. He may have been the George Ibbotson,....
