Peter Spurr & Son
Peter Spurr was apprenticed to Joseph Ibbotson in 1748 and became a Freeman in 1758. He traded in Church Lane in workshops rented from the Company of Cutlers. In 1787, Spurr was listed as a maker of pen and pocket knives (trade mark ‘SPUR’). In 1781, he became Master Cutler. In 1788, Peter Spurr & Son registered a silver mark as a plate worker from Church Lane. Peter Spurr probably died that year (his name appeared in the burial register of the parish church). His son was a....
