Ryalls & Heathcote
This enterprise was listed in 1837 as a manufacturer of pen, pocket, and table knives in Hereford Street. The partners were William Ryalls and Frederick Heathcote – both listed previously as cutlers in that street. In the Census (1841), William was enumerated in Hereford Street as a 50-year-old razor manufacturer; Thomas Heathcote (aged 40) and Frederick Heathcote (35) were razor makers at the same address. Ryalls & Heathcote’s address was later Furnival Lane, with the firm specialising in s....
