J. & W. Pitchford
The Pitchfords hailed from Upper Hallam (Sandygate/Carsick Hill). They were yeoman farmers, who in the late eighteenth century combined this with razor manufacture. In 1760, Jonathan Pitchford was granted a mark with the letter ‘P’, a heart, and the letters ‘FORD’. In the 1780s, Jonathan leased Old Wheel (Loxley Plane Wheel) and also had an interest with Luke Oates in Rowell Bridge (or Darwent) Wheel, near Stannington. Jonathan Pitchford died on 20 August 1788 at the Whit....
