Stephen Bacon / Charles W. Bacon Ltd
Stephen Bacon was born at High Hazels, Darnall, on 24 July 1816, the son of Stephen Bacon and his wife, Sarah. Stephen Jun. was a shopkeeper (like his father) in Hoyle Street by 1841, but was also working as a cutter of stag, bone, and ivory scales for spring and table knives. By the 1850s, he had moved to 87 Hollis Croft, where he occupied the former factory of John Brownill. Bacon also owned adjacent premises rented to William Wragg & Sons. Bacon employed over a dozen men by 1851; and 15 men, 8 b....
