James Howarth & Sons, Edge & Joiners Tools etc. Manufacturers, Broomspring Works, Bath Street & Fitzwilliam Street

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James Howarth, edge tools and joinery tools etc., Broomspring Works, Bath Street, Fitzwilliam Street

Advertisement from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, Pawson and Brailsford. 1862.

James Howarth & Sons, Broomspring Works, Bath Street, Fitzwilliam Street, the business commenced 1835 joined by his sons in 1863. A leading manufacturer of edge and joiners tools, also hammers, skates, augers. In 1922 acquired by Robert Sorby Tools. 

 

 

Forging and grinding at James Howarth, Broomspring Works. 

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Rodgers Directory 1841

Howarth, William, edge tool maker, 107 Fitzwilliam Street. 

Slaters Directory 1846

Howarth, James, edge tool maker, 126 Fitzwilliam Street. 

Whites Directory 1852

Howarth, James, edge tool, engravers & diesinkers etc. manufacturers and cast steel drawer 124 Fitzwilliam Street. h. Broom Close, Little Sheffield. 

 

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Advertisement Melville Directory 1859

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Whites Directory 1905

Howarth, James, manufacturer of edge & joiner tools, steel, files & skates, Broomspring Works, Bath Street. 

 

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James Howarth & Sons: Tool List: Fourth Illustrated Edition. 

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