Thomas Hancock & Company
This company originated with Thomas Hancock (c.1790-1849), who made razors in Radford Place in the late 1830s and early 1840s. (A Thomas Hancock, pen-knife manufacturer, was also listed in Attercliffe, 1828-9, and White Croft, 1833.) Thomas was probably the brother of Samuel Hancock and after about 1837 they operated Hancock Bros, cutlery manufacturers, Peacroft. This was dissolved in 1842, when the partnership filed for bankruptcy. Thomas Hancock & Co was listed as a manufacturer of razors,....
