Samuel Heathcote & Son
Henry Heathcote (c.1825-1906) was a spring knife cutler, who in 1847 married Miss Mary Ward at Townhead Street Baptist Chapel. The couple lived at Silver Street. Their son, Samuel (1851-1920), began work as an eight-year-old in a crinoline steel rolling mill, before following his father’s trade (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 20 August 1920). In 1874, he married Esther Pratt (1853-1931) and the couple settled at Sharrow Vale. Their sons included Harry Herbert (1876-1887), Samuel (1880-1950), a....
