James Woodhouse
Table-knife manufacturer and merchant James Woodhouse (c. 1791-1851), New Church Street, was listed in the directory of 1828. In the 1830s, he moved to Rockingham Lane and was later at Old Rockingham Works, Rockingham Street. He died on 3 March 1851, aged 65, and was buried at Ecclesall. His widow, Mary Ann Woodhouse (1794-1880), inherited the business, which advertised in 1852 and 1856 as a manufacturer of silver and plated dessert knives and forks, daggers, Bowies, and spear-point knives. In 1858, t....
