James King & Company
In 1845, James King & Co advertised as a manufacturer of table and spear point knives at 115 Scotland Street. The partners were Thomas Wigfall and James King. The latter may have been James King, who in 1841 was a journeyman blade maker, living with his wife Hannah and son in Edward Street. He was listed in the directory (1852) as a table knife manufacturer and victualler at the Social Tavern, Hollis Croft. He lived in Bailey Street. James was still forging table blades in 1871, but his late....
