Wilfred Henry Wolstenholme was a Britannia metal and electro-plate manufacturer, whose first business venture was launched in about 1870 with Henry and George Maclaurin.  The employment roll was seven men, four females, and two boys.  This firm was dissolved in 1874.  Two years later, Wolstenholme & Biggin was started at Matilda Works, Matilda Street, with Wilfred and his son, Arthur (1853-1888), partnering Henry Biggin.  That ended in 1879.  In 1880, W. Wolstenholme & Son occupied Ecclesall Works, Rockingham Street.  The firm was profiled in The Century’s Progress (1893), which described a three-storey factory with a ground-floor showroom that apparently employed 20 hands.  A wide range of ‘medium class’ silver and electro-plate products was manufactured and sent to a variety of overseas markets.   Arthur Wolstenholme, Richard Road, died on 30 March 1888, aged 34, and was buried in an unconsecrated grave in the General Cemetery.  His father died on 12 January 1896, aged 72, and was interred in the same graveyard.  The business ceased trading.
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