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Richmond Dearden & Richmond -
Rollisson Dickinson & Rollisson -
Richartz Gebruder, Richartz & Soehne -
Ragg Granton Ragg Ltd -
Ringrose Jenkins & Ringrose -
Rose Lewis, Rose & Company Ltd -
Rowe Mottershaw & Rowe Ltd -
R & S R & S Ltd -
R H & J P R H & J P -
Rabjohn Elijah Rabjohn / Thomas Rabjohn -
Radcliffe John Radcliffe & Co -
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 Frank Revitt -
Revitt William Revitt -
Revitt Revitt & Hull -
Reynolds A. Reynolds -
Reynolds Frederick Reynolds (Cutlers Sheffield) Ltd -
Reynolds Herbert Reynolds -
Rhodes Ebenezer Rhodes & Company -
Richards Richards of Sheffield Ltd -
Richardson Richard Richardson -
Richardson Westall Richardson Ltd -
Richardson Richardson & Binney Ltd -
Ripon J. Mortimer Ripon -
Roberts C. L. Roberts & Company -
Roberts E. A. & H. G. Roberts -
Roberts John Roberts & Sons -
Roberts William Henry Roberts -
Roberts Roberts & Belk Ltd -
Roberts Roberts, Cadman & Company -
Roberts Roberts & Doré Ltd -
Roberts Roberts, Doré & Hall (Sheffield) Ltd -
Roberts Roberts & Mettam -
Roberts Roberts & Staniforth -
Robinson Herbert Robinson & Company (Cutlers) Ltd -
Robinson W Robinson -
Robinson W. H. Robinson -
Robinson Robinson & Oates -
Rockingham Rockingham Plate Ltd -
Rodgers C. W. Rodgers -
Rodgers George Rodgers & Company -
Rodgers John Rodgers & Sons -
Rodgers Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd -
Rodgers Joseph Rodgers, Clun Street -
Rodgers R. Rodgers & Son Ltd -
Rodgers Richard Rodgers & Son -
Rodgers Rodgers Brothers -
Rodgers William Rodgers -
Rogers Henry Rogers Sons & Company Ltd -
Rogers Stanley Rogers & Son Ltd -
Rogerson Rogerson Brothers -
Romain Romain & Son -
Rotheram Anthony Rotheram -
Round John Round & Son Ltd -
Rowbotham H. Rowbotham & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Rowbotham Wingfield Rowbotham -
Rowland Sleigh Rowland -
Rowland T. G. Rowland -
Royle Thomas Royle -
Royse Royse Brothers Ltd -
Rushworth Rushworths -
Russell Russell Bradley & Company Ltd -
Rutland Rutland Cutlery Company Ltd -
Ryalls John Ryalls & Sons -
Ryalls W & E Ryalls -
Ryalls Ryalls & Cooke -
Ryalls Ryalls & Heathcote -
Ryalls Ryalls & Lamb -
Ryalls Ryalls, Turner & Company Ltd -
Ryals James Ryals & Company Ltd -
Ryals Ryals Brothers -
Richardson Southern & Richardson Ltd -
Rustless The Stainless & Rustless Steel Company Ltd -
Rhoden Sutherland & Rhoden Ltd -
Rodgers Unwin & Rodgers Ltd -
Roberts Wilkinson Roberts & Co -
Rowbotham Wingfield, Rowbotham & Company
John & William Ragg
Ragg’s was among the first to start traditional razor making (Richard Ragg, a cutler in Ecclesfield in 1601, was apparently a distant ancestor). And it was the last to finish. In 1831, John Ragg (1801-1851) and William Gould Ragg (c.1809-1865) took over the family business at Johnson Street, off Nursery Street. They were the sons of Joseph Ragg (c.1774-1839) and Ann Ragg (c.1781-1842). Joseph was a scissors smith and was listed in directories between 1822 and 1833 as a scissors manufacturer in Nur....
