George Gregory
George Gregory (c.1805-1864), a fleam, farriers’, and spring knife manufacturer, was born in Sheffield. Between 1828 and 1846, he was listed as a lancet and fleam maker (and on one occasion draper) in Bailey Lane, where he lived with his wife Maria and son George Owen (1841-1917). He then moved to St Philip’s Road, where in 1851 he described himself as a ‘master cutler’ employing two men. By 1861, he was living in Norton Lees, employing two men and two boys. He died from ....
