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- Select a name from below.
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W J. W. -
W W. & H. -
W W. W. Cutlery Ltd -
Wade Wade & Butcher -
Wade Wade, Wingfield & Rowbotham -
Wafer Wafer Razor Company Ltd -
Wain John Wain & Company Ltd -
Wainwright Alfred Wainwight & Son -
Wainwright Alfred Wainwright Ltd -
Wainwright B. Wainwright & Company -
Wainwright Wainwright & Staniland -
Wainwright William Wainwright -
Waite Waite & Simpson -
Wakefield A. & S. Wakefield -
Walburn T. Walburn -
Walch James Walker Walch -
Walker C. P. Walker & Company Ltd -
Walker Eaton Walker & Company -
Walker James Walker Ltd -
Walker O. Walker & Sons -
Walker Walker & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Walker Walker & Hall Ltd -
Walker Walker Steel Works Ltd -
Walker Walter Walker & Company -
Walkland James Walkland & Company -
Wall Chapman, Wall & Co Ltd -
Wall Wall, Kay & Sons Ltd -
Wallace A. Wallace -
Wallis Collings & Wallis -
Wallis Gray, Wallis & Company -
Walliss W. H. Walliss -
Walsh Doris Walsh -
Walsh John Walsh Ltd -
Walsh Walsh, Lovett & Company Ltd -
Walters John Walters & Company -
Walton Richard Walton -
Walton Walton Brothers (Sheffield) Ltd -
Walton William Walton (Sheffield) Ltd -
Warburton Warburton -
Ward Alfred Ward -
Ward Broomhead & Ward -
Ward Charles F. Ward -
Ward Eyre, Ward & Company -
Ward Frederick Ward & Company -
Ward George Ward -
Ward J. Ward & Company -
Ward John Ward -
Ward John Ward -
Ward Oakes, Tompkin & Ward -
Ward Payne Ward & Sons -
Ward Thomas Asline Ward -
Ward Thomas Ward -
Ward Thomas Ward & Sons Ltd -
Ward Ward & Morton -
Ward William J. Ward -
Wardrobe Wardrobe & Pearce / H. R. Pearce & Son Ltd -
Waring Waring & Gillow -
Warner E. Warner & Company Ltd -
Warner Joseph Sims Warner -
Warranted Warranted Sheffield Cutlery -
Warren Warren Brothers (Sheffield) Ltd -
Warrington George Warrington -
Warriss Warriss & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Washington Joseph Washington -
Wasnidge William Wasnidge -
Wastinage Bradbury & Wastinage -
Water Godfrey Water -
Waterhouse George Waterhouse & Company -
Waterhouse Jeremiah Waterhouse -
Waterhouse John William Waterhouse -
Waterhouse Waterhouse, Hatfield & Company -
Watkinson John Watkinson -
Watkinson Jonathan Watkinson -
Watson George Watson -
Watson John Watson, Pass & Company / John Watson & Son -
Watson Linley & Watson -
Watson Watson & Gillott -
Watson William Watson & Company -
Watts George Watts -
Watts John Watts (Sheffield & London) Ltd -
Watts S. & J. Watts, Manchester -
Webb Mappin & Webb Ltd -
Webb Webb, Schofield & Company -
Webber Webber & Hill -
Webster Benjamin Luke Webster / John Glossop Webster -
Webster Fentem, Webster & Danby -
Webster George W. Webster -
Webster John Webster -
Webster Oliver and Webster -
Webster Owen & Webster -
Webster Steer & Webster -
Webster W. Webster -
Webster Webster, Robinson & Sutton -
Webster William Webster -
Webster William Webster & Son -
weekly The Weekly Telegraph -
Weldun Weldun -
Wells Charles Wells -
Wells John Wells -
Wells Marrian & Wells -
Wells Richard Wells -
Wells Sarah Wells & Sons -
Wells Wells & Company -
Wentworth The Wentworth Plate Co Ltd -
Westa James Westa -
Westby John Westby & Company -
Westby Joseph Westby & Company Ltd -
Westran William Westran -
Wever Eadon, Kibble, & Wever [Weaver] -
Whaley George Whaley -
Wheatcroft Luke Wheatcroft -
Wheatley W. Wheatley & Co -
Wheatley Walter Wheatley -
Wheatley Wheatley -
Wheatley Wheatley Brothers Ltd -
Wheeldon John Wheeldon & Co Ltd -
Whitaker G. H. Whitaker & Company -
Whitaker George Whitaker & Son -
White Hammond & White -
White Matthew White -
White Nicholson & White -
White Timothy Whites & Taylors Ltd -
White Walter White & Son -
White White, Henderson & Company -
White William White -
Whiteaway Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co Ltd -
Whitehead Whitehead Brothers -
Whiteley Hardy & Whiteley -
Whiteley James Turner Whiteley -
Whiteley Tricket, Haslehurst, Whiteley, & Pryor -
Whiteley William Whiteley & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd -
Whitelock Tucker, Fenton, Machon & Whitelock -
Whittington Joseph Whittington -
Whittles William Whittles & Sons -
Whitworth Joseph Whitworth -
Whitworth William Whitworth -
Wigfall John Wigfall & Company -
Wigfall Thomas Wigfall -
Wigfull Fry & Wigfull Ltd -
Wigfull Lee & Wigfull (Sheffield) Ltd -
Wiggin J. & J. Wiggin Ltd -
Wigham Oates, Colley & Wigham / Oates & Colley -
Wild Benjamin and Ebenezer Wild -
Wild Carr, Wild & Co Ltd -
Wild Charles Wild -
Wild Hiram Wild Ltd -
Wild James P. Wild -
Wild James Wild & Son / William Wild -
Wild John Wild -
Wild Jonathan Wild -
Wild Mark Wild -
Wild W. Wild & Sons (Cutlers) Ltd -
Wild William Wild -
Wild William Wild -
Wild William Wild -
Wilderness Wilderness -
Wilding Robert F. Wilding & Co -
Wilkin George Wilkin -
Wilkins John Wilkins / Harry Wilkins -
Wilkins WIlkins & Son -
Wilkinson Benjamin Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell -
Wilkinson Henry Dawson Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Henry Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Henry Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Henry Wilkinson & Company Ltd -
Wilkinson Jonathan Wilkinson / Hannah Wilkinson -
Wilkinson Thomas Wilkinson & Son -
Wilkinson Walter Wilkinson & Son -
Wilkinson Wilkinson Roberts & Co -
Wilkinson Wilkinson Sword Company Ltd -
Wilkinson Wilkinson, Drabble & Mylius -
Wilkinson William Wilkinson & Sons Ltd -
Will Will & Son -
Willey William Willey & Sons -
Willgoose H. Willgoose & Company -
Williams Alfred Williams -
Williams Lindsay Williams -
Williamson Albert Williamson -
Williamson Benjamin Williamson -
Williamson Charles Williamson & Sons -
Williamson John Williamson -
Williamson S. Williamson & Sons -
Williamson Walter Williamson -
Williamson Williamson Bros -
Willis Mark Willis & Son Ltd -
Willis Willis & Horrabin -
Willoughby Thomas Willoughby -
Wilson Albert Wilson & Son -
Wilson Bentley & Wilson -
Wilson Crowther & Wilson -
Wilson Herbert Wilson -
Wilson James Wilson & Son (Ironmongers) Ltd -
Wilson John Wilson -
Wilson John Wilson (Sheffield) Ltd -
Wilson Joseph Foster Wilson -
Wilson Joseph Wilson -
Wilson L. Wilson -
Wilson Petfield, Harrison & Wilson -
Wilson Stephenson & Wilson Ltd -
Wilson T. C. Wilson & Company -
Wilson T. H. Wilson & Company Ltd -
Wilson Thomas Wilson (Sheffield) Ltd -
Wilson Travis, Wilson & Company Ltd -
Wilson Wilson & Company -
Wilson Wilson & Davis -
Wilson Wilson & Frith -
Wilson Wilson & Pitt -
Wilson Wilson & Southern -
Wilson Wilson Swift -
Wilson Wilson, Hawksworth, Ellison & Company -
Windle Windle -
Winfield A. & W. Winfield -
Wing George Wing -
Wingaard Carl J. Wingaard & Company -
Wingfield Henry Wingfield -
Wingfield Marples, Wingfield & Wilkins Ltd -
Wingfield Wingfield, Rowbotham & Company -
Winks Benjamin Winks & Sons -
Winks Pearson & Winks -
Winter James Winter -
Winter John Winter & Company -
Winter R. Winter & Son -
Winter Thorpe & Winter -
Winterbottom John Winterbottom -
Winterbottom Nixon & Winterbottom Ltd -
Winterbottom Samuel Winterbottom -
Wish George Wish & Company Ltd -
Witheford William Arthur Witheford -
Withers Benjamin & Joseph Withers -
Withers Birks, Withers & Sykes -
Wolstenholme J. A. Wolstenholme -
Wolstenholme Joseph Wolstenholme -
Wolstenholme W. Wolstenholme & Son -
Wolstenholme William Wolstenholme / W. B. Wolstenholme Ltd -
Womersley Frank Womersley -
Wood Benjamin Wood & Son -
Wood Charles Henry Wood -
Wood Edwin P. Wood Ltd -
Wood Frank Wood (1928) Ltd -
Wood George A. Wood -
Wood George Wood & Son -
Wood George Wood & Sons -
Wood H. Wood & Company -
Wood Pritchard & Wood -
Wood Wood & Atkinson -
Woodcock Thomas Woodcock -
Woodcock Woodcock & Company -
Woodcock Woodcock & Hardy -
Woodhead George Woodhead & Sons -
Woodhead Greaves, Woodhead & Hodgson -
Woodhouse James Woodhouse -
Woofindin George Woofindin -
Woolhouse John Woolhouse -
Woolhouse Joseph Woolhouse -
Woolhouse Joseph Woolhouse -
Woolhouse Samuel Woolhouse -
Woolhouse William Henry Woolhouse -
Woollen John Woollen -
World World Commodities Ltd -
Worrall Bingley, Worrall & Company -
Worth B. Worth & Sons -
Wortley John Wortley & Son -
Wostenholm George Wostenholm & Son Ltd -
Wostenholm Henry Wostenholm -
Wostenholm Joseph Wostenholm & Sons Ltd -
Wostenholm Martin Wostenholm & Son -
Wosternholm Wosternholm -
Wragg David Davy Wragg -
Wragg Eric Wragg -
Wragg George Wragg -
Wragg John Wragg & Son -
Wragg John Wragg & Sons -
Wragg John Wragg & Sons -
Wragg Joseph Wragg -
Wragg Samuel C. Wragg -
Wragg Thorpe, Wragg & Company -
Wragg William Henry Wragg -
Wragg William Wragg & Sons -
Wragg Wragg Brothers -
Wragg Wragg, Long & Company -
Wraggs Wraggs -
Wreaks Charles Wreaks -
Wreaks Graveley & Wreaks -
Wreaks Hawksley, Wreaks & Company -
Wreaks John Wreaks -
Wright A. Wright & Son Ltd -
Wright Axe & Wright Ltd -
Wright Ernest Wright & Son Ltd -
Wright George Wright -
Wright J. R. Wright -
Wright John Wright and Son -
Wright S. Wright & Company (Cutlers) Ltd -
Wright W. Wright Silverware (Sheffield) Limited -
Wright William, John & Robert Wright -
Wright Wright & Co -
Wright Wright Brothers (Cutlery) Ltd -
Wyatt Carnall & Wyatt -
Wyatt W. Wyatt & Sons -
Wynn William Wynn -
Wynnel Wynnel Cutlery
John Wilson
John Wilson (1821-1890) was born in Granville Street, the son of a spring-knife cutler. In about 1835, he was apprenticed to grinder John Whittington at Old Park Wheel of Joseph Rodgers & Sons. He moved to Top Wheel, Norfolk Street, and spent the rest of his career grinding pen-knife blades for Rodgers’. He was semi-independent (with little taste for trade unions) and took on apprentices and employed grinders himself. He was prosperous enough to retire in about 1878. A Wesleyan, ....
