L. B. B. | L. B. B. |
L. M. H. | L. M. H. Mfg Co |
Laidlaw | Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co Ltd |
Lamb | Ryalls & Lamb |
Lambert | Lambert & Blaber Ltd |
Land | Henry Land & Company |
Land | T. Land & Son Ltd |
Langdon | Bunting, Langdon & Company Ltd |
Larder | Larder & Burgess Ltd |
Larder | T. Larder & Son |
Lascelles | Lascelles |
Latham | Latham & Owen Ltd |
Latham | George Latham & Sons |
Latham | T. C. Latham |
Latham | Walter Latham & Son |
Law | Law, Atkin & Oxley |
Lawton | Samuel Lawton |
Leclere | Henri and Eugene Leclere |
Ledger | Froggatt & Ledger Ltd |
Lee | Lee & Wigfull (Sheffield) Ltd |
Lee | George Lee & Company |
Lee | Henry Lee & Co |
Lee | Joseph Lee & Company |
Leek | James Leek |
Lees | Lees & Colley Ltd |
Lees | Paul Lees & Sons |
Legacy | Legacy Silverware |
Leggett | Danks & Leggett Ltd |
Leppington | Leppington (Cutlers) Ltd |
Leslie | Charles Leslie & Co |
Lesmah | Lesmah |
Levesley | Levesley Brothers |
Levick | Joseph Levick & Son |
Levick | Levick Brothers |
Levick | Charles S. Levick & Company |
Lewis | Lewis, Rose & Company Ltd |
Lickorish | Lickorish & Co |
Lilleyman | Thomas G. Lilleyman |
Lindley | Alfred Lindley |
Linley | Parker & Linley |
Linley | James Linley |
Linley | Thomas Linley |
Linley | Linley & Watson |
Lion | Daniel & Lion |
Lister | Lister & Knowles |
Lloyd | E Lloyd & Son |
Lloyd | Lloyd & Martin |
Lockwood | Lockwood Brothers Ltd |
Lodge | James Lodge Ltd |
Lomas | Joseph Lomas |
London | London & Sheffield Cutlery Co |
Long | Long, Son, & Hawksley |
Long | H. G. Long & Company Ltd |
Longden | J. H. Longden & Sons |
Longden | Longden & Brown |
Lowe | Marsden & Lowe |
Lowe | Francis Lowe & Sons |
Lowe | Lowe Brothers (Cutlers) |
Loy | Loy |
Ludlam | Cooper Ludlam (Sheffield) Ltd |
Lyons | Thos Lyons |
James Leek was first listed in 1818 as a cast iron cutler at Pond Lane. Later listings in directories of James Leek (presumably the same individual) show him working as a cast scissors manufacturer at Bramall Lane. Other members of the Leek family (which may not have originated in Sheffield) worked as fork makers and scissors casters.
In 1825 and 1828, James Leek was listed at West Street as a manufacturer of table knives, scissors, and shoe heel and toe plates. In 1833, James Leigh Leek (perhaps his son....