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R & S R & S Ltd -
R H & J P R H & J P -
Rabjohn Elijah Rabjohn / Thomas Rabjohn -
Radcliffe John Radcliffe & Co -
Ragg Granton Ragg Ltd -
Ragg John & William Ragg -
Ramsden Benjamin Woolhouse Ramsden -
Ramsden William Ramsden & Company -
Randall Randall & Company -
Rawlins George Rawlins -
Rawson Rawson Brothers (Cutlers) Ltd -
Rayner William Rayner & Company -
Raynes Thomas Raynes Ltd -
Read Isaac Read & Sons -
Reaney John Eadon Reaney -
Renown Renown Cutlery Co -
Renshaw Thomas Renshaw & Son -
Renton George Renton -
Reuss Reuss & Company -
Revitt William Revitt -
Revitt Frank Revitt -
Revitt Revitt & Hull -
Reynolds Frederick Reynolds (Cutlers Sheffield) Ltd -
Reynolds A Reynolds -
Reynolds Herbert Reynolds -
Rhoden Sutherland & Rhoden Ltd -
Rhodes Ebenezer Rhodes & Company -
Richards Richards of Sheffield Ltd -
Richardson Southern & Richardson Ltd -
Richardson Richardson & Binney Ltd -
Richardson Richard Richardson -
Richardson Westall Richardson Ltd -
Richartz Gebruder, Richartz & Soehne -
Richmond Dearden & Richmond -
Ringrose Jenkins & Ringrose -
Ripon J. Mortimer Ripon -
Roberts Roberts & Doré Ltd -
Roberts Roberts & Belk Ltd -
Roberts Roberts & Mettam -
Roberts Roberts, Cadman & Company -
Roberts C. L. Roberts & Company -
Roberts Roberts, Doré & Hall (Sheffield) Ltd -
Roberts E. A. & H. G. Roberts -
Roberts John Roberts & Sons -
Roberts Roberts & Staniforth -
Roberts Wilkinson Roberts & Co -
Roberts William Henry Roberts -
Robinson Robinson & Oates -
Robinson Herbert Robinson & Company (Cutlers) Ltd -
Robinson W. H. Robinson -
Robinson W Robinson -
Rockingham Rockingham Plate Ltd -
Rodgers Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd -
Rodgers Unwin & Rodgers Ltd -
Rodgers Rodgers Brothers -
Rodgers C. W. Rodgers -
Rodgers George Rodgers & Company -
Rodgers John Rodgers & Sons -
Rodgers R. Rodgers & Son Ltd -
Rodgers Richard Rodgers & Son -
Rodgers William Rodgers -
Rogers Stanley Rogers & Son Ltd -
Rogers Henry Rogers Sons & Company Ltd -
Rogerson Rogerson Brothers -
Rollisson Dickinson & Rollisson -
Rookhill E Rookhill Cutlery Works -
Rose Lewis, Rose & Company Ltd -
Rotheram Anthony Rotheram -
Round John Round & Son Ltd -
Rowbotham Wingfield, Rowbotham & Company -
Rowbotham H. Rowbotham & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Rowbotham Wingfield Rowbotham -
Rowbotham Rowbotham & Co -
Rowe Mottershaw & Rowe Ltd -
Rowland Sleigh Rowland -
Rowland T. G. Rowland -
Royle Thomas Royle -
Royse Royse Brothers Ltd -
Rushworth Rushworths -
Russell Russell Bradley & Company Ltd -
Ryalls Ryalls & Lamb -
Ryalls Ryalls & Heathcote -
Ryalls Ryalls, Turner & Company Ltd -
Ryalls W & E Ryalls -
Ryalls Ryalls & Cooke -
Ryals Ryals Brothers -
Ryals James Ryals & Company Ltd
John Eadon Reaney
John Eadon Reaney was born in Sheffield in 1841, the son of John Reaney (a manager in an edge tool manufactory, who was from Dronfield) and his wife, Mary Ann. Apparently, John E. Reaney was sent to Leicester as an ironmonger’s assistant, before returning to Sheffield to become a merchant/cutlery manufacturer at Argyle Works, Hollis Croft. In the early 1870s, he was insolvent; though in the Census (1881) he was a cutlery manufacturer employing sixty men. But Reaney’s Hollis Croft business was....
