Adam Padley
By 1817, Adam Padley was in business with Whitehouse Wade, as a fender manufacturer. However, the partnership was dissolved in that year. Another partnership with John Littlewood lasted no more than a year. In 1822, Adam Padley was a maker of shoe and butchers’ knives and fenders in Rockingham Place. This time he partnered Charles Heaton, but Adam Padley & Co was dissolved in 1823. Padley later formed Padley, Norburn & Co, which was dissolved in 1829 and taken over by Charles Picks....
