William Cantrell & Sons
In 1851, William Cantrell (c.1818-1876) was a 34-year-old table knife hafter, living in Bower Spring. He advertised in a Sheffield directory of 1860. His firm was located at Farriers’ Knife Works, Bathfield Road (Winter Street), as a manufacturer of farriers’ drawing knives, gardeners’ pruning and budding knives, plumbers’ and glaziers’ chipping and hacking knives, and shave hooks. It was also based at Washington Wheel. Judging by a letter he wrote from Washington W....
