Standfield, Newbould & Baildon
This enterprise sold a wide range of cutlery and edge tools (including table and pocket-knives, saws, files, and steel). It began as Yeomans, Yates & Standfield, which was listed in Eyre Lane in 1837. Its merchant partners included John Yeomans (1797-1859); Jared Yates (1786-1842), and William Standfield (1809-1847). Yates had been baptised at Masbrough Independent Chapel, the son of Samuel (a bookkeeper) and his wife, Mary née Lockwood. He was apprenticed to Joseph Yates (knife....
