These cutlers made pen and pocket knives. George Cadman appeared in a directory first in 1774, when he worked ‘near Redcroft’. In 1787, George Cadman (presumably the same cutler) was at Back Lane, using the trade mark ‘CUPI|D’. Unravelling his links to other Cadmans is difficult, but he may have been baptised in 1730, the son of George and Peninna, and almost certainly came from Eckington. His family relationship with his later partner is unclear. Heaton Cadman was ....