William North
In the Sheffield directory (1774), William North was listed as a table and butcher’s knife cutler at Brightside (trade mark ‘NORTH’). Subsequent addresses were Little Sheffield (1787) and Trippit [sic] Lane (1797). He apparently died in 1810: a cutler of that name was buried at the parish church on 18 April. William’s wife was Phebe (d.1798). Their sons included Thomas, who was apparently born in 1774 and had been apprenticed to his father. Thomas was granted his Fr....
