John Gillott was a table knife manufacturer, who was listed in Broad Lane between 1828 and 1841.  Directories show that he made (or factored) table and bread knives, scissors, spoons and forks; and was also a shopkeeper.  His son, John, worked as a warehouseman – presumably in the family firm.  In the 1840s, John Gillott moved to 12 Coalpit Lane.  He died there on 13 January 1848, aged 70, and was buried in St Paul’s churchyard.  John Gillott Jun. continued the business in Coalpit Lane, where in 1851 (according to the Census) he employed six men.  He lived with his mother, Catherine, who was a housekeeper and formerly a shopkeeper.  John Gillott Jun., table knife manufacturer, died at the ‘top of Barker Pool’ on 27 March 1857 (aged 40).  His mother died in 1871, aged 80.  Their remains lie in a grave in the General Cemetery.  Isaac Schofield acquired the Coalpit Lane business.