The Gouldthorpes (or Gouldthorps) were involved over several generations in horn haft and scale pressing.  This branch can be traced to 1737, when Henry Gouldthorpe leased a plot of land in Burgess Street.  According to Taylor (1927)¹, four generations of Gouldthorpes – all named Henry – became involved in the trade.  One branch of the family operated in Rockingham Lane (see Henry Gouldthorpe).  In Burgess Street, Henry Gouldthorpe worked as a comb manufacturer and haft and scale presser until his death in 1832.   The sale of his ‘beautiful country residence’ in Glossop Road was advertised in The Sheffield Independent, 7 April 1832.  In addition to the horn business, the family also owned the Pressers’ Arms public house in Burgess Street.  Henry’s wife was Rebecca (c.1782-1859): one of their daughters, Rebecca, married Joseph Slater;  in 1832, another daughter, Sarah, married Horatio Greaves (c.1810-1863).  By the following year, the business had been restyled Gouldthorpe & Greaves.  The son of Henry and Rebecca – Henry – also apparently joined the enterprise.  He had once joined the army and in 1837 had spent a fortnight in solitary confinement in Dorchester for a ‘breach of articles of war’.  He died on 17 November 1861, aged 45, and was buried in the same grave (unconsecrated) as his mother in the General Cemetery.  Horatio Greaves was the key partner, who by 1861 employed eight men.  He died on 19 October 1863, leaving under £6,000.  The firm ceased trading.

^1. Taylor, Wilmot, The Sheffield Horn Industry (Sheffield, 1927)