Guest Jeremy Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Alsop Henry spring knife cutler Coalpit lane Allen Thomas snuffer maker Baily street Antt Joseph and son merchants Lambert street Ashforth Ellis, and Co. platers Bates Thomas, Samuel, and George filesmiths Bailey Joseph scissar maker West Bar Barber Frances fendersmith Spring street Barns Isaac penknife cutler Campo lane Barns Thomas penknife cutler Smithfield Bateman George spring knife cutler Smithfield Beely Thomas spring knife cutler Pond lane Beat John table knife cutler Norfolk street Betts Silvanus filesmith Lambert street Bishop George wood shife and edge tool maker Birks William and Son silver handle knife and fork, razor, and penknife manufacturers Billam John table knife cutler Church lane Binney Joseph penknife cutler Campo lane Bland Thomas merchant, edge tool, hammer, and spade maker Paradise square Blonk Benjamin and Co fine scissar makers and factors Surry street Bower Joseph cutler Hollis’s croft Broomhead and Ward table knife cutlers Pond lane Broomhead Hannah cutler Lambert’s croft Bramall George scissar maker Pinston’s croft lane Bramall James table knife cutler Porto Bello Broomhead Joseph and Benjamin manufacturers Far gate Bright Joseph snuff box maker, and case knife cutler Hollis croft Briddock George, and Outrim penknife cutlers Lambert street Broomhead, Wilkinson, and Brittain merchants and manufacturers Arundel street Brownell John ironmonger West bar green Brown George penknife cutler Coal pit lane Burdett John brass dog collar, silver sleeve button, silver, plated, and mettal seal maker Peacroft Burch George pocket and penknife cutler Spring street Cam James file-smith Spring street Cadman David razor-smith and cutler Backfield Cawton Joshua and son spring and table-knife makers Snighill Clarke Thomas Newbould table and pen knife cutler Clough and Taylor merchants High street Colley Thomas table-knife cutler Back lane Cowin John button maker Lambert croft Cooper Edward button maker Fargate Coe Joseph cutler Fargate Crooke James file maker Church lane Crestwick Joseph cutler and fleam maker Fargate Dakin George fine scissar maker Lambert croft Dawson Samuel attorney Paradise row Darlin George table-knife cutler Holli’s croft Dennyworth Jonathan cutler Smithfield Dickinson and Baker tobacconists Fargate Dixen Gilbert attorney Sycamore street Didsbury Thomas mercer Market place Dixon James spring-knife cutler Holli’s croft Duckenfield Francis merchant and factor Campo lane Ellis Jonathan attorney Church yard Elliot Charles grocer High street Fenton and Henfrey japanners and painters in general Arundell street Firth Joseph grocer and tea dealer Snig hill Fowler Samuel scissar maker White croft Fox William pocket, pen knife and razor maker West bar Fowler Josiah cutler Coal pit lane Fox and Norris razor and pen knife makers West bar Furness James grocer Market place Foster Richard button maker and cutler Sonds Garlick Mary and son cutlers Norfolk street Genn John file smith Spring street Gillat Henry spring knife cutler Keely Goddard Thomas pen knife cutler Lambert croft Green Hannah and son edge tool makers Burgess street Green James pen knife cutler Bayley street Greaves and Woodhead merchants Norfolk street Greaves Samuel grocer Fargate Hancock Joseph cutler Norfolk street Hawkesly Joshua filesmith West bar Green Hall George spotted horn knife cutler Union street Hall James perfumer Fargate Harrison John cutler and saw maker Holli’s croft Hancock Charles spring knife cutler Scotland Hawksworth Joseph manufacturer, of table knives and forks Lambert croft Hawke Francis file-smith Smithfield Haglehurst Hannah and son merchants Market place Henfrey John fine scissar and snuffer maker Norfolk street Henfrey Benjamin fine scissar manufactury Arundell street Henfrey Samuel steel spring snuffer, scissar and steel cat maker Spring street Hepstentall and Kay file smiths Pea croft Henson Joseph inn keeper, Horse and Cat High street Hippenstall John linen and woollen draper Irish cross Holy Daniel, and Co. platers Norfolk street Holy and Newbould button manufacturers Sheffield Moor Hoole Benjamin fine scissar maker Spring street Hoole John button maker Coal pit lane Hutton Henry pocket and penknife cutler Coal pit lane Jacobs Richard engraver Burgess street Jackson Nicholas file maker Wicker Jessop John file maker Holli’s croft Jessop Richard cutler and brass ink pot maker Coal pit lane Ibberson John penknife cutler Gibralter Ibberson Joseph merchant and manufacturer Norfolk street Jebson Matthew table knife cutler Broad lane Jervis John cutler Pea croft Justice Paris cutler, razor smith and mark maker West bar Kent Richard and Son penknife cutlers Holli’s croft Kemp Newton cutler Norfolk street Kelk Charles spring knife cutler Westbar Green Kenyon John Frith Woolhouse and Bamford ironmongers Pond’s Forge and Slitting Mill Kenyon John filesmith, slit iron, bolted iron, hoop and steel Hollis Street Kippax and Knowel Wholesale cutlers and silversmiths Kitchen John cheesefactor and corndealer Snig Hill Kirkby Samuel razor maker Copper street Knowles Francis penknife cutlers White croft Law Thomas, and Co. platers and silver cutlers Norfolk street Leadbater John razor maker Copper street Law Joseph Filesmith Gibraltar Law Philip edge tool maker Coalpit lane Lambert Robert grocer and tea dealer Market place Leathley Benjamin cutler and ivory cutter Holli croft Lindley William and Son cutler Pondwell hill Littlewood John manufacturer of silver handled table knives and forks West bar green Linley William razor maker, and cast-steel and frizing knife maker Spring street Loftus and Brightman manufacturers Church lane Ludlam Elizabeth cutler Burgess street Madin and Trickett cutlers and platers Farfield Mappin Jonathan plater and cup-maker Fargate Manguall and Faulkner Merchants Norfolk street Martin Charles springknife cutler Pond lane Marriott Thomas razor maker Cropper street Marsden William Fellmonger Tower street Midgeley Thomas table-knife cutler Bridgehouses Matthews John penknife cutler West bar green Matthews Samuel tableknife cutler Lambert croft Newsom Kemp Isiah penknife cutler Norfolk street Newton Francis grocer Bull stake Newbould Samuel sheersmith Coalpit lane Nowell Joseph cutler Copper street Norcross William fine scissars maker Lambert street Oates Christopher table knife cutler White croft Oates John spring knife cutler Little Sheffield Osborne George spring knife cutler Little-Sheffield Owen Robert pocket and table knife cutler West bar green Parker Thomas and Ebenezer cutlers and factors Holy croft Parker Ehhu table knife cutler and factor Pea croft Parker Kenyon attorney Bull stake Parkin Thomas cutler Scotland Parkins Joseph and sons razor makers Campo lane Patten Hannah cutler silver street Patten George pen knife and pocketknife cutler Coalpit lane Pearson and Ashmore Metal button makers Coalpit lane Pearson Jarvis scissar maker Paver street Pearson William druggist High street Penlington Samuel Cheesefactor King street Peach Samuel inn-keeper, Angel market place, Birmingham and London Coaches every day, and Post-chaises Proctors and Beilby Opticians Milk street Pryor Thomas fine scissars, and surgeon’s instrument maker Gibraltar Rayner Turner and son merchants York street Revill Charles filesmith Hill Revill George and sons razor and jack penknife maker New street Riding James and sons cutlers Copper street Roebuck Benjamin and son merchants Church lane Rodgers Josiah and Maurice penknife and razor makers Hollis croft Rose William penknife cutler Coal pit lane Roberts Jacob and Samuel cutlers Union street Roberts, Eyre and Co. silversmiths and platers Union street Rowbotham John silversmith and cutler Norfolk street Rowbotham John grocer Sims croft Rutherford William case maker China square Salt John silversmith and cutler Norfolk street Sauer, Eyre and Co. merchants Union street Shaw Jonathan malster Shire bridge Shepard John razor maker Hollis croft Shemel, Parkin, Hague, and Staniforth merchants and manufacturers of cutlery Arundell street Shipley John currier King street Shaw Thomas clasp maker Fig street Simmons Samuel stationer Market place Smith William scissar smith Hollis croft Smith Sarah and son filesmiths Back lane Smith Samuel tableknife cutler Scotland Smith George razor and penknife cutler Smithfield Smith John spring knife cutler Grindle gate Smith George filesmith Church lane Smith Samuel filesmith Heely Smith John grocer and tea dealer Snig hill Smith Thomas ironmonger High street Smith and Vavasour working jewellers & toymen Market place Smelter George and Philip raff merchants Castle fold Spencer Matthias and sons filesmith Pea croft Staniland Richard razor maker Burgess street Staniforth Samuel woollen draper and merchants Market place Stansfield John apothecary and man-midwife High street Stanley Samuel table knife cutler Scotland Saniland John table knife cutler Pond lane Stead Richard and son cutlers Holles croft Sykes John and Dennis manufacturers of wood, ivory, silver and plated table knives and forks Sutton William razor maker Ponds market Swift John cutler and scissar maker China square Swallow Joseph spotted penknife cutler Smithfield Tillotson Thomas tableknife cutler Coal pit lane Townshend James pocket knife cutler Smithfield Trickitt William cutler Arundel street Trickitt Enoch and James filesmiths Coal pit lane Travis Nathaniel penknife cutler White cross Turner Samuel mercer Market place Turner Nicholas filesmith Lambert croft Tudor and Leader silversmiths and platers Sycamore hill Twigg Jonathan penknife cutler Broad lane end Warburton Samuel tableknife cutler Wainwright and Staniland tableknife cutlers Hollis croft Waterhouse John horn button maker Newfield green Waterhouse Jeremiah cuttoe and knife Ward James pocket and penknife cutler Spring street Ward Jeremiah cutler Castle green Ward William bookseller and printer Market street Warburton Samuel penknife and razor maker Westbrook Joseph scissar maker Westbrook green Watson Thomas innkeeper, George White Samuel filesmith Bayly fields Winter, Parsons and Hall platers Market place Withers Benjamin and Co manufacturers of silver, ivory, plated and wood handle, tableknives and forks, razors, penknives and stamp’d penknives Pinston cross lane Wilde William file maker Church lane Windle Edmund tableknife cutler Lambert street Wilde Margaret filesmith Hollis croft Wilde Hannah and son filesmith Hollis croft Wild Jonathan and son penknife cutlers Kims court Wilson Elizabeth penknife cutler Church street Wood George scissar maker Pea croft Wood Benjamin and son mettle and horn button makers Lambert street Wortley John fine scissar maker Copper street Wright William razor maker Gibralter Young, Greaves and Hoyland silversmiths and manufacturers of plated wares and buttons Union street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Excellent stuff, I've never heard of it - well found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Bishop George wood shife and edge tool maker Shife ? I do hope this is meant to be knife ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Crestwick Joseph cutler and steam maker Fargate Steam maker ? Constructive critisim, I do know what a steam maker did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Henfrey Samuel steel spring snuffer, scissar and steel cat maker Spring street What did this man actually do, non comprende ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Linley William razor maker, and cast-steel and frizing knife maker Spring street A what knife maker ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Shife ? I do hope this is meant to be knife ... Not knife. Shife was the best I could come up with. OED has it as an alternate spelling of sheave: 1. = SHIVE n.1, slice of bread. 2. a. A wheel having a groove in the circumference to receive a cord passing over it, a pulley; esp. one of the pulleys connected in a block; U.S. also, ‘the pulley of a window or door-hanger’ (Funk's Stand. Dict.). Also, a wheel having a groove in the circumference to enable it to run on a rail or bar. b. An eccentric or its disk. c. attrib., as sheave-block, -hole, etc. 3. A layer of a coiled rope. 4. ‘A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole’ (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875). I thought that sense 2a was possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 What did this man actually do, non comprende ... Wish I knew. A snuffer is a device for putting out candles--go into just about any church to see one in use. Not sure why one would need a steel spring--I'm guessing that it folded or extended in some way. Scissar is the spelling used for scissor throughout the directory. Your guess is as good as mine for a steel cat, but that's what it says so that's what I wrote: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Steam maker ? Constructive critisim, I do know what a steam maker did. You're right, this should be fleam (a case of reverse long s syndrome): fleam, n -- A surgical instrument for letting blood or for lancing the gums; a lancet (this is the same as phleme, seen in the 1797 directory.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 A what knife maker ? Beats me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Beats me: Results of a couple quick "Bing" searches extract from http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/publichea...inery_leeds.htm "This is not all; the injury to the Cloth is great, in so much that in Frizing, instead of leaving a nap upon the cloth, the wool is drawn out and the Cloth is left thread-bare." From Wiki "The British Standard BS 6715: 1991[1] is widely considered to offer the correct definition of chamois leather. This defines chamois leather as: Leather made from the skin of the mountain antelope or Chamois Leather made from the flesh split of sheepskin or lambskin, or from sheepskin or lambskin from which the grain (the top split) has been removed by frizing, and tanned by processes involving oxidation of marine oils in the skin, using either solely such oils (full oil chamois) or first an aldehyde and then such oils (combination chamois)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Wish I knew. A snuffer is a device for putting out candles--go into just about any church to see one in use. Not sure why one would need a steel spring--I'm guessing that it folded or extended in some way. OK Jeremy, I'm away for a week, not sure whether I will have internet access or not (cottage in the middle of nowhere) so here's your homework for while I'm away. Find out what a snuffer is at this period of time, what shape it was. The answer will probably tell you why a steel-spring was required. As a start point a snuffer (at the time we are discussing) was not a bowl-shaped-fella on the end of a stick - that was called an "extinguisher" or "doubter". Extra marks for pictures, descriptions, why they went out of use (to be replaced by the doubter which went on to "steal" the name) and the remarkable thing you could do with a snuffer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Extra marks for pictures Are there bonus points for finding a Sheffield one?... ( from http://www.thepriceguide.com.au/index.cfm/...uffer-and-tray/ ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 From A heritage of light, by Loris Shano Russell, Janet Holmes: The tallow candle with its wick of twisted cotton required constant attention. Incomplete combustion of the wick left carbon remnants called snuff which cut down the amount of light, and fell onto the edge of the candle to cause guttering. Without the frequent use of the instrument called a snuffer, there was a rapid decline in illumination and a wasteful consumption of the candle. The snuffer, therefore, was a important household necessity in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. A typical snuffer looks a little like a pair of scissors, but one of the blades bears a kind of box or pan, and the other a little door, as it were, for the box. When the wick was trimmed with the scissor blades, the burned portion was pushed into the box without falling onto the candle. The blade that carried the box was usually longer and pointed, and could be used to lift a fallen wick to permit trimming. For some reason the expression "to snuff a candle" has come to mean to extinguish it. This, of course, is quite wrong. The snuffer was used to remove unburned wick or "snuff," and so actually increased the brilliance of the flame. The discovery of colza oil and rape seed oil in the early 19th century presumably put an end to tallow candles and therefore the snuffer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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