Edward Newton & Company
Edward Newton (1822-1877) was the son of John (a grocer) and his wife, Mary. By 1851, he partnered John J. Hutton (with whom Newton had family links) as a manufacturer of sickles and scythes at Ridgeway, Derbyshire. In 1851, Newton told the Census that they employed 63 men and 15 boys. Between 1861 and 1866, he joined William Jackson, Sheaf Island Works, in Jackson, Newton & Co (a steel converter, tool, and cutlery manufacturer). He lived at 10, The Mount. In 1871, Newton was a steel merchan....
