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S J S. J. / Spear & Jackson (Ashberry) Ltd -
S J C E S M S. J. C. E. S. M. - Sheffield & District Joint Council for Ex-Service Men -
S M S. M. & Co Ltd -
Safety Safety Razor Blanks Ltd -
Salt Jonathan Salt -
Samuel Barnett Samuel -
Samuel H. Samuel -
Sanders Albert Sanders -
Sanders Sanders & Bowers Ltd -
Sanderson Charles Sanderson -
Sanderson John Sanderson -
Sanderson John Sanderson -
Sanderson John Sanderson & Son (1929) Ltd -
Sanderson Naylor & Sanderson (Sanderson Brothers & Company) -
Sanderson Sanderson Bros & Newbould -
Sanderson Sanderson Brothers & Company -
Sanderson William Sanderson & Sons -
Sanenwood Sanenwood Products Ltd -
Sansom Sansom & Davenport -
Sansom Thomas Sansom & Sons / William Sansom & Company -
Sarjeant John Alfred Sarjeant -
Sauer Sauer, Eyre & Company -
Savage George Savage & Son -
Savage W. S. Savage & Company -
Saville C. W. Saville -
Saville Gilbert Saville Steel Works Ltd -
Saville Keeler & Saville -
Sawtell Taylor Sawtell Ltd -
Sayles Sayles, Hancock & Company -
Sayles William Sayles -
Saynor Samuel & John Saynor / Thomas Saynor -
Saynor Saynor, Cooke & Ridal -
Saynor W. Saynor (Sheffield) Ltd -
Scargill Thomas Scargill -
Schindler Louis Schindler -
Schofield Isaac Schofield -
Schofield John Bagshaw Schofield -
Schofield Joseph Schofield -
Schofield Schofields (Yorkshire) Ltd -
Schofield Webb, Schofield & Company -
Scholes James Albert Scholes -
Schwab Sternberger & Schwab -
Scott Scott & Sons -
Seaman A. Seaman & Co -
Seaman Hobson, Seaman & Company -
Searls William S. Searls & Company -
Sears William John Sears -
Sedgwick James Sedgwick -
Sellers G. H. Sellers & Company -
Sellers John Sellers & Sons -
Senior Paget & Senior Ltd -
Senior Travis, Senior & Travis -
Serrated Serrated Knives Ltd -
Servis Servis -
Settle Thomas Settle & Company / John & Thomas Settle -
Seymour Seymour & Smith Ltd -
Shallcross William Shallcross -
Shannon Shannon -
Sharp John Sharp(e) & Company -
Sharrard Sharrard, Mosby & Company Ltd -
Sharrow Sharrow, Colley & Company -
Shaw Frederick Shaw -
Shaw George Shaw -
Shaw Henry Shaw -
Shaw John Shaw & Sons -
Shaw Jonathan Shaw -
Shaw Robert Shaw / G. & E. Shaw -
Shaw Shaw & Fisher -
Shaw Stan Shaw -
Sheffield London & Sheffield Cutlery Company Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield Cutlery Co-operative Productive Society -
Sheffield Sheffield Cutlery Co. -
Sheffield Sheffield Cutlery Company -
Sheffield Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield Cutlery Supply Company -
Sheffield Sheffield Flatware Company Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield Metal Company Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield Plate Manufacturing Co. -
Sheffield Sheffield Scissors, Razor & Tool Company Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield Shears Company Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield Silver Plate & Cutlery Company (1923) Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield Stainless Cutlery Co Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield Steel Products Ltd -
Sheffield Sheffield ‘Blanks’ Ltd -
Sheffield The Sheffield Razor Company Ltd -
Sheldon Sheldon Cutlery Co Ltd -
Sheldon Thomas Sheldon -
Shemeld Shemeld & Company -
Shemeld Shemeld & Oakes -
Shepherd Bells & Shepherd -
Shepherd Benjamin Shepherd -
Shepherd John Shepherd / George Shepherd -
Shepherd Joseph Shepherd -
Shepherd Marshes & Shepherd -
Shiers B. Shiers & Co -
Shiers F. Shiers & Co -
Shipman Stephen Shipman -
Shirley Clarke, Shirley & Co -
Shirley W. Shirley & Company -
Shirtcliffe Charles & Matthew Shirtcliffe -
Shirtcliffe Frederick William Shirtcliffe -
Shirtcliffe John Shirtcliffe / Robert C. Shirtcliffe & Son Ltd -
Shirtcliffe W. R. Shirtcliffe & Son -
Shore Shore & Rotherham -
Shore Shore & Son -
Shore W. H. Shore -
Short Thomas Short Jun. -
Shortland George Shortland & Son -
Sibray Sibray, Hall & Company Ltd -
Siddall George Siddall -
Siddall H. Siddall -
Silver Silver & Steelcrafts Ltd -
Simpson J. & G. Simpson -
Simpson John Simpson -
Simpson Waite & Simpson -
Singleton F. Singleton Ltd -
Singleton Singleton & Priestman Ltd -
Sipelia Sipelia Group -
Sippel B. & J. Sippel Ltd -
Sissons John Sissons & Company -
Sissons Smith, Sissons & Co -
Sissons W. & G. Sissons -
Skellington Skellington -
Skelton C. T. Skelton & Company Ltd -
Skidmore Robert Skidmore / William Skidmore -
Skidmore William Skidmore & Company Ltd -
Skinner Ebenezer Skinner -
Skinner John Crossland Skinner -
Skinner John Skinner -
Skinner Samuel Skinner & Company -
Slack Slack & Barlow (Sheffield) Ltd -
Slack Slack & Grinold -
Slack Slack Brothers -
Slater Crookes & Slater -
Slater Herbert M. Slater Ltd -
Slater Joseph Slater & Son -
Slater Roberts & Slater -
Slater Slater Brothers / Herbert M. Slater Ltd -
Slinn C. E. Slinn & Co -
Smallwood T. Smallwood & Son -
Smith Brown & Smith -
Smith Cousins and Smith -
Smith Deakin, Smith & Company -
Smith George Smith & Son -
Smith George Smith & Sons -
Smith Hargreaves, Smith & Company -
Smith James Smith & Brother -
Smith Jessop & Smith Ltd -
Smith Jonathan Smith -
Smith Joseph Fletcher Smith -
Smith Joseph Smith -
Smith Joseph Smith & Sons -
Smith Josephus Smith -
Smith Nathaniel Smith & Company -
Smith P. Beaumont Smith -
Smith Peter Cadman, Son & Smith -
Smith Robert D. Smith -
Smith Rodgers & Smith -
Smith Samuel Smith -
Smith Smith & Hall -
Smith Smith & Hawksley -
Smith Smith & Horton -
Smith Smith & Moorhouse -
Smith Smith & Seymour Ltd -
Smith Smith, Sissons & Co -
Smith Smith, Tate, Hoult & Tate -
Smith Thomas Smith -
Smith Thomas Smith -
Smith Thomas Smith -
Smith William Smith -
Smith Wm. Smith & Co -
Smithies W. T. L. Smithies -
Smiths Smiths, Knowles, Creswick & Company -
Snape Mary Snape -
Snowden W. G. Snowden -
Söhne Gebrüder, Richartz & Söhne -
Sorby George Sorby -
Sorby John Sorby & Sons -
Sorby Sorby, Hobson & Sorby -
South Edward South & Company -
Southern Southern & Richardson Ltd -
Southern W. G. Southern -
Southern Wilson & Southern -
Sowden John Sowden & Sons Ltd -
Spencer Brailsford & Spencer -
Spencer Edward Spencer -
Spencer Johnson, Spencer & Company -
Spencer Matthias Spencer & Sons -
Spencer William Spencer -
Spong Spong & Co -
Spoon Spoon & Fork Products Ltd -
Sporle Anthony Sporle -
Sporle Robert Sporle -
Sporle Sporle & Newton -
Spurr Peter Spurr & Son -
Spurr Richard Spurr -
St Clair George E. St Clair -
Stables Maurice Stables Ltd -
Stacey Ebenezer Stacey & Sons -
Stacey George Stacey -
Stacey Henry V. Stacey -
Stacey Jackson, Stacey & Smith -
Stacey John Stacey -
Stacey Stacey & Bourne -
Stacey Stacey Brothers -
Stacey Stacey Brothers & Company -
Stacey Stacey, Henry & Horton -
Stacey Stacey, Pease & Company -
Stafford John Stafford -
Stainless British Stainless Products Ltd -
Stainless The Stainless -
Stainless The Stainless & Rustless Steel Company Ltd -
Stainless The Stainless Cutlery Co Ltd -
Staley Maw & Staley -
Stamford Joseph Stamford & Company -
Standard Standard Cutlery Co -
Standex Standex -
Standfield Standfield, Newbould & Baildon -
Staniforth Arthur Worrall Staniforth -
Staniforth Bierton & Staniforth -
Staniforth Charles Staniforth -
Staniforth George Staniforth -
Staniforth John Walter Staniforth & Company -
Staniforth Roberts & Staniforth -
Staniforth Samuel Staniforth Ltd -
Staniforth Staniforth, Parkin & Company -
Staniforth Thomas Staniforth -
Staniforth Thomas Staniforth -
Staniforth William Thomas Staniforth -
Staniland Gregory & Staniland -
Staniland John Staniland -
Staniland Richard Staniland -
Staniland Wainwright & Staniland -
Stanley Stanley, Lister & Kay -
Stanley The Stanley Works (Great Britain) Ltd -
Stansfield Stansfield Brothers -
Staton Staton & Ellis -
Stead John Stead & Company Ltd -
Stead Richard Stead & Son -
Steele Moorhouse, Rushworth & Steele -
Steer Steer & Webster -
Stenton William Stenton & Son / R. S. Stenton -
Stephenson John Stephenson (Cutlers) Ltd -
Stephenson Stephenson & Wilson Ltd -
Sternberger Sternberger & Schwab -
Stevenson Job Stevenson / Stevenson & Law -
Stevenson Leonard R. Stevenson Ltd -
Stevenson R. Stevenson & Co -
Stirling Thomas Stirling & Company -
Stokes Charles Stokes & Son -
Stokes Jukes Coulson & Company / Jukes Coulson, Stokes & Company -
Stokes Stokes, Ayres & Co -
Stone Miles Stone & Co -
Stones Frederick Stones -
Stones Thomas Stones & Company -
Stones W. Stones & Son -
Stork Samuel Stork & Sons -
Storr Parsisson & Storr -
Stovin John Stovin -
Stratford Henry Stratford Ltd -
Stratford William Stratford -
Stringer Joseph Stringer & Sons -
Stringer S. & G. Stringer -
Styring Charles Styring & Son -
Styring Styring & Hadfield -
Suckley Holy, Newbould & Suckley -
Surmanco Surmanco Ltd -
Sutcliff Robert Sutcliff -
Sutherland Sutherland & Rhoden Ltd -
Sutton Webster, Robinson & Sutton -
Swallow Joseph Swallow -
Swann Swann-Morton Ltd -
Swift Fee & Swift -
Swift Gibson & Swift -
Swift John Swift / Thomas Swift / William & James Swift -
Swift Samuel Burgin Swift -
Swift William Swift -
Swift William Swift & Company -
Swift Wilson Swift -
Swinden Albert Edward Swinden -
Swinden Rowland Swinden -
Swinden Swinden Clayton -
Swordplay Swordplay -
Sykes Birks, Withers & Sykes -
Sykes Edwin Sykes -
Sykes Sykes & Company -
Sylvester W. Sylvester & Co
William John Sears
William J. Sears was born in 1866 at Clay Cross, Derbyshire, the son of William (a shoe manufacturer and later victualler) and his wife, Hannah (d. 1870). In 1889, Sears registered a silver mark (‘W.J.S’) from Fitzalan Square and began an electro-plate business with £50 capital. He continued for five years, took a two-year break, and then restarted with £20 capital in Arundel Street (moving after a year to Eldon Street). Sears apparently spent his early years in Clay Cross or t....
