Sheffield Directory 1781

For the city of Sheffield, Yorkshire

Merchant’s and Tradesman’s Useful Companion, For the Year 1781.

Containing an Alphabetical List of the Names and Places of Abode of the Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, and other Eminent Traders.

• Alsop, Henry, spring knife cutler, Coalpit lane
• Allen Thomas, snuffer maker, Baily street
• Antt Joseph and son, merchants, Lambert street
• Ashforth, Ellis, and Co. platers
• Bates Thomas, Samuel, and George, filesmiths
• Bailey Joseph, scissar maker, West Bar
• Barber Frances, fendersmith, Spring street
• Barns Isaac, penknife cutler, Campo lane
• Barns Thomas, penknife cutler, Smithfield
• Bateman George, spring knife cutler, Smithfield
• Beely Thomas, spring knife cutler, Pond lane
• Beat John, table knife cutler, Norfolk street
• Betts Silvanus, filesmith, Lambert street
• Bishop George, wood shife and edge tool maker
• Birks William and Son, silver handle knife and fork, razor, and penknife manufacturers
• Billam John, table knife cutler, Church lane
• Binney Joseph, penknife cutler, Campo lane
• Bland Thomas, merchant, edge tool, hammer, and spade maker, Paradise square
• Blonk Benjamin and Co, fine scissar makers and factors, Surry street
• Bower Joseph, cutler, Hollis’s croft
• Broomhead and Ward, table knife cutlers, Pond lane
• Brroomhead Hannah, cutler, Lambert’s croft
• Bramall George, scissar maker, Pinston’s croft lane
• Bramall James, table knife cutler, Porto Bello
• Broomhead Joseph and Benjamin, manufacturers, Fargate
• Bright Joseph, snuff box maker, and case knife cutler, Hollis croft
• Briddock George, and Outrim, penknîfe cutlers, Lambert street
• Broomhead, Wilkinson, and Brittain, merchants and manufacturers, Arundel street
• Brownell John, ironmonger, West bar green
• Brown George, penknife cutler, Coal pit lane
• Burdett John, brass dog collar, silver sleeve button, silver, plated, and metal seal maker, Peacroft
• Burch George, pocket and penknife cutler, Spring street
• Cam James, file-smith, Spring street
• Cadman David, razor-smith and cutler, Backfield
• Cawton Joshua and son, spring and table-knife makers, Snig hill
• Clarke Thomas Newbould, table and pen knife cutler
• Clough and Taylor merchants, High street
• Colley Thomas, table-knife cutler, Back lane
• Cowin John, button maker, Lambert croft
• Cooper Edward, button maker, Fargate
• Coe Joseph, cutler, Fargate
• Crooke James, file maker, Church lane
• Crestwick Joseph, cutler and fleam maker, Fargate
• Dakin George, fine scissar maker, Lambert croft
• Dawson Samuel, attorney, Paradise row
• Darlin George, table-knife cutler, Hollis croft
• Dennyworth Jonathan, cutler, Smithfield
• Dickinson and Baker, tobacconists, Fargate
• Dixon Gilbert, attorney, Sycamore street
• Didsbury Thomas, mercer, Market place
• Dixon James, spring-knife cutler, Hollis croft
• Duckenfield Francis, merchant and factor, Campo lane
• Ellis Jonathan, attorney, Church yard
• Elliot Charles, grocer, High street
• Fenton and Henfrey, japanners and painters in general, Arundell street
• Firth Joseph, grocer and tea dealer, Snig hill
• Fowler Samuel, scissar maker, White croft
• Fox William, pocket, pen knife and razor maker, West bar
• Fowler Josiah, cutler, Coal pit lane
• Fox and Norris, razor and penknife makers, West bar
• Furness James, grocer, Market place
• Foster Richard. button maker and cutler, Sonds
• Garlick Mary and son, cutlers, Norfolk street
• Genn John, file smith, Spring street
• Gillat Henry, spring knife cutler, Keely
• Goddard Thomas, pen knife cutler, Lambert croft
• Green Hannah and son, edge tool makers, Burgess street
• Green James, pen knife cutler, Bayley street
• Greaves and Woodhead, merchants, Norfolk street
• Greaves Samuel, grocer, Fargate
• Hancock Joseph, cutler, Norfolk street
• Hawkesly Joshua, filesmith, Weft bar Green
• Hall George, spotted horn knife cutler, Union street
• Hall James, perfumer, Fargate
• Harrison John, cutler and saw maker, Hollis croft
• Hancock Charles, spring knife cutter, Scotland street
• Hawksworth Joseph, manufacturer, of table knives and forks, Lambert croft
• Hawke Francis, file-simith, Smithfield
• Haglehurst Hannah and son, merchants, Market place
• Henfrey John, fine scissar and snuffer maker, Norfolk street
• Henfrey Benjamin, fine scissar manufactury, Arundell street
• Henfrey Samuel, steel spring snuffer, scissar and steel cat maker, Spring street
• Hepsentall and Kay, file smiths, Pea croft
• Henson Joseph, inn keeper, Horse and Cat, High street
• Hippenstall John, linen and woollen draper, Irish cross
• Holy Daniel, and Co. platers, Norfolk street
• Holy and Newbould, button manufacturers, Sheffield Moor
• Hoole Benjamin, fine scissar maker, Spring street
• Hoole John, button maker, Coal pit lane
• Hutton Henry, pocket and penknife cutler, Coal pit lane
• Jacobs Richard, engraver, Burgess street
• Jackson Nicholas, file maker, Wicker
• Jessop John, file maker, Hollis croft
• Jessop Richard, cutler and brass ink pot maker, Coal pit lane
• Ibberson John, penknife cutler, Gibralter
• Ibberson Joseph, merchant and manufacturer, Norfolk street
• Jebson Matthew, table knife cutler, Broad lane
• Jervis John, cutler, Pea croft
• Justice Paris, cutler, razor smith and mark maker, West bar
• Kent Richard and son, pen knife, cutlers, Hollis croft
• Kemp Newton, cutler, Norfolk street
• Kelk Charles, springknife cutler, Westbar Green
• Kenyon John Frith, Woolhouse and Bamford ironmongers, Pond’s Forge and Slitting Mill
• Kenyon John filesmith, slit iron, bolted iron, hoop and steel, Hollis Street
• Kippax and Knowel, Wholesale cutlers and silversmiths
• Kitchen John, cheesefactor and corn dealer, Snig Hill
• Kirkby Samuel, razor maker, Lambert street
• Knowles Francis, penknife cutter, White croft
• Law Thomas, and Co. platers and silver cutters, Norfolk street
• Leadbater John, razor maker, Copper street
• Law Joseph, Filesmith, Gibraltar
• Law Philip, edgetool maker, Coalpit lane
• Lambert Robert, grocer and tea dealer, Market place
• Leathley Benjamin, cutler and ivory cutter, Hollis croft
• Lindley William and Son, cutlers, Pondwell hill
• Littlewood John, manufacturer of silver handled table knives and forks, West bar Green
• Linley William, razor maker, and cast-steel and frizing knife maker, Spring street
• Loftus and Brightman, manufacturers, Church lane
• Ludlam Elizabeth, cutler, Burgess street
• Madin and Trickett, cutlers and platers, Farfield
• Mappin Jonathan, plater and cup-maker, Fargate
• Mangnall and Faulkner, Merchants, Norfoik street
• Martin Charles, springknife cutler, Pond lane
• Marriott Thomas razor maker, Cropper street
• Marsden William, Fellmonger, Tower street
• Midgeley Thomas, table-knife cutler, Bridgehouses
• Matthews John, penknife cutler, West bar green
• Matthews Samuel, table-knife cutler, Lambert croft
• Newsom Kemp Isiah, penknife cutler, Norfolk street
• Newton Francis, grocer, Bull stake
• Newbould Samuel, sheersmith, Coalpit lane
• Nowell Joseph, cutler, Copper street
• Norcross William, fine scissars maker, Lambert street
• Oates Christopher, table knife cutler, White croft
• Oates John, spring knife cutler, Little Sheffield
• Osborne George, spring knife cutler, Little Sheffield
• Owen Robert, pocket and table knife cutler, West bar green
• Parker Thomas and Ebenezer, cutlers and factors, Holy croft
• Parker Elihu, table knife cutler and factor, Pea croft
• Parker Kenyon, attorney, Bull stake
• Parkin Thomas, cutler, Scotland street
• Parkins Joseph and sons, razor makers, Campo lane
• Patten Hannah, cutler, silver street
• Patten George, pen knife and pocketknife cutler, Coalpit lane
• Pearson and Ashmore, Metal button makers, Coalpit lane
• Pearson Jarvis, scissar maker, Paver street
• Pearson William, druggist, High street
• Penlington Samuel, Cheesefactor, King street
• Peach Samuel, inn-keeper, Angel, Market place, Birmingham and London Coaches every day, and Post-chaises
• Proctors and Beilby Opticians, Milk street
• Pryor Thomas, fine scissars, and surgeon’s instrument maker, Gibraltar
• Rayner, Turner and son, merchants, York street
• Revill Charles, filesmith, Hill
• Revill George and sons, razor and jack penknife maker, New street
• Riding James and sons, cutlers, Copper street
• Roebuck Benjamin and son, merchants, Church lane
• Rodgers Josiah and Maurice, penknife and razor makers, Hollis croft
• Rose William, penknife cutler, Coal pit lane
• Roberts Jacob and Samuel, cutlers, Union street
• Roberts, Eyre and Co. silversmiths and platers, Union street
• Rowbotham John, silversmith and cutler, Norfolk street
• Rowbotham John, grocer, Sims croft
• Rutherford William, case maker, China square
• Salt John, tableknife cutler, Furness
• Sauer, Eyre, and Co. merchants, Union street
• Shaw Jonathan, malster, Shire bridge
• Sheppard John, razor maker, Hollis croft
• Shemeld, Parkin, Hague, and Staniforth, merchants and manufacturers of cutlery, Arundell street
• Shipley John, currier, King street
• Shaw Thomas, clasp maker, Fig street
• Simmons Samuel, stationer, Market place
• Smith William, scissar smith, Hollis croft
• Smith Sarah and son, filesmiths, Back lane
• Smith Samuel, tableknife cutler, Scotland street
• Smith George, razor and penknife cutler, Smithfield
• Smith John, spring knife cutler, Grindle gate
• Smith George, filesmith, Church lane
• Smith Samuel, filesmith, Heely
• Smith John, grocer and tea dealer, Snig hill
• Smith Thomas, ironmonger, High street
• Smith and Vavasour, working jewellers & toymen, Market place
• Smelter George and Philip, raff merchants, Castle fold
• Spencer Matthias and sons, filesmiths, Pea croft
• Staniland Richard, razor maker, Burgess street
• Staniforth Samuel, woollen draper and merchants, Market place
• Stansfield John, apothecary and man-midwife, High street
• Stanley Samuel, table knife cutler, Scotland street
• Saniland John, table knife cutler, Pond lane
• Stead Richard and son, cutlers, Hollis croft
• Sykes John and Dennis, manufacturers of wood, ivory, silver and plated table knives and forks
• Sutton William, razor maker, Ponds market
• Swift John, cutler and scissar maker, China square
• Swallow Joseph, spotted penknife cutler, Smithfield
• Tillotson Thomas, tableknife cutler, Coal pit lane
• Townshend James, pocket knife cutler, Hollis croft
• Trickitt William, cutler, Arundel street
• Trickitt Enoch and James, filesmiths, Coal pit lane
• Travis Nathaniel, penknife cutler, White cross
• Turner Samuel, mercer, Market place
• Turner Nicholas filesmith, Lambert croft
• Tudor and Leader, silver smiths and platers, Sycamore hill
• Twigg Jonathan, penknife cutler, Broad lane end
• Warburton Samuel, tableknife cutler, Hollis croft
• Wainwright and Staniland, tableknife cutlers, Hollis croft
• Waterhouse John, horn button maker, Newfield green
• Waterhoufe Jeremiah, cuttoe and knife
• Ward James, pocket and penknife cutler, Spring street
• Ward Jeremiah, cutler, Castle green
• Ward William, bookseller and printer, Market street
• Warburton Samuel, penknife and razor maker, Westbrook green
• Westbrook Joseph, scissar maker, Westbrook green
• Watson Thomas, innkeeper, George
• White Samuel, filesmith, Bayly fields
• Winter, Parsons and Hall, platers, Market place
• Withers Benjamin and Co. manufacturers of silver, ivory, plated and wood handle, tableknives and forks, razors, pen-knives and stamp’d penknives, Pinston cross lane
• Wilde William, file maker, Church lane
• Windle Edmund, tableknife cutler, Lambert street
• Wilde Margaret, filesmith, Hollis croft
• Wilde Hannah and son, filesmith, Hollis croft
• Wild Jonathan and son, penknife cutlers, Kims court
• Wilson Elizabeth, penknife cutler, Church street
• Wood George, scissar maker, Pea croft
• Wood Benjamin and son, mettle and horn button makers, Lambert street
• Wortley John, fine scissar maker, Copper street
• Wright William, razor maker, Gibralter
• Young, Greaves and Hoyland, silverfmiths and manufacturers of plated wares and buttons, Union street