John Wright and Son
The company was listed in several directories during the period 1822 to 1833, located at New George Street (later changed to Boston Street) in the Highfields area of Sheffield, as 'merchants and manufacturers of saws, edge & joiners tools, surgeons instruments, busks*, elastic steel trusses, lancets, skates and table knives &c'.Wright was a common name in the cutlery industry at this time and tracing a family history is difficult. A John Wright was listed as a cutler at Smithfield in the 1797 Gales & Mart....
