William Wragg (c.1803-1854), a razorsmith, was listed in Grindlegate by 1849.  He died at Lambert Street on 20 October 1854, aged 51, and was buried in the General Cemetery.  William and his wife, Mary (c.1809-1860), had three sons:  Charles (1830-1882), William (1831-1893), and Henry (1834-1894).  In 1856, William Wragg & Sons was listed in Lambert Street as a manufacturer of razors and spring knives.  The firm had other permutations, including Wragg Bros (est.  1855) and Wragg Bros & Leslie (involving Thomas James Leslie, who withdrew in 1861).  By the early 1860s, William Wragg & Sons was listed at Bacon’s Works in Hollis Croft.   In 1871, the brothers parted:  Charles and William operated Wragg Bros; Henry continued at Wm. Wragg & Sons, 89-91 Hollis Croft and at Garden Street, specialising in pen and sportsman’s knives, and razors.   The premises at the top of Hollis Croft were rented from Stephen Bacon and had a grinding wheel, warehouse, and workshops.  Henry lived next door.   He had once worked for Harrison Bros & Howson and maintained a connection with them (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 28 October 1893).   Fire was a regular hazard at the factory (Sheffield Independent, 24 January 1876, 30 June 1887).  

In 1876, Henry filed for liquidation, with debts of £250.  However, the firm resumed and in 1881 Henry employed seventeen men.   He died on 13 January 1894, aged 59, and was buried in the General Cemetery.  He left £264.   The firm ceased trading.  Three of his children had died in infancy.  His eldest son, William Henry Wragg, had joined the Navy, but died (aged 18) from his injuries after a capstan shattered on board ship at Pembroke Dock (Sheffield Independent, 25 September 1877).