James Barlow & Company / Barlows & Deakin
James Barlow & Co was a scissors partnership, which included James Barlow, Henry Longden, and Sarah Barlow. In 1786, the latter withdrew. In 1787, the Sheffield directory listed James Barlow & Co, fine scissors maker, at Meadow Street, using the trade mark ‘BARLOW’. (Barlow, Longden & Co, scissorsmiths, was also listed at Scotland Street.) These firms disappeared. In 1788, Barlows & Deakin was launched as a scissorsmith at Green Lane. The chronology might suggest a co....
