Local Studies - Dronfield

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Industry and Mining in Dronfield 1792 - 1888

Industry in 1792 (Universal British Directory)

John & William Siddall - Scythesmiths
Thomas Reiny - Edge Tool Maker
Wm. Reins - Scythesmith
George Reigny - Scythesmith
Wm. & Edward Osborne - Scythesmiths
Benjamin Hazle - Scythesmith
George Bennet - Nailor
George Cellars - Scythesmith

Industry in 1797 (Directory of Sheffield)

James Biggin - Scythes, hay & straw knives - Dronfield Woodhouse
Henry & William Booth - Sicklesmiths - Dronfield
Samuel Hall - Scythes, hay & straw knives - Dronfield
William & Edward Osborne - Scythes, hay & straw knives - Dronfield
John & William Siddall - Scythes, hay & straw knives - Birchett

Industry in 1829

Thomas Biggin - Scythesmith - Dronfield Woodhouse
William Biggin - Scythesmith - Dronfield Woodhouse
Isaac & Samuel Biggin - Scythesmiths - Dronfield Woodhouse
Joseph Biggin - Scythesmith - Dronfield Woodhouse
Godfrey Booker - Coalmaster - (Dronfield, Highfield, Coal Aston, Holmesfield collieries)
Jonathon Booth - Sicklesmith
Drabble & Bennett - Coalmasters
Samuel Hall - Sicklesmith - Dronfield Woodhouse
John Harrison - Edge Tool Maker
John Havenhand - Edge Tool Maker
John Holmes - Edge Tool Maker
Thomas Horner - Nailmaker
Paul Jackson - Edge Tool Maker
Peter Linley - Scythesmith - Bolehill
Lucas & Sons - Iron Founders and Spindle Manufacturers
William Newton (Senior) - Sicklesmith
William Newton (Junior) - Sicklesmith
Godfrey Outram - Iron & tin plate worker
William Shaw - Table knife blade manufacturer
Francis Shaw - Filesmith
Samuel Siddall - Sicklesmith
Toplis & Cowley - Coalmasters
George Turner - Sicklesmith
Ward, Dobb & Ward - Manufacturers of sugar of lead

Industry in 1846

Edge Tools

William Booth
John Harrison
Joseph & Eph. Harrison, Summerwood Top
John Havenhand, Holmley Common
John Holmes
Paul Jackson

Spindle & Flyer Manufacturers

Edward Lucas & Son
Ward, Camm & Siddall - Armstead Works

Industry in 1857

Manufacturing Chemists

Henry Jenkinson
Francis May
George Siddall
Wood Turners
George Jackson
Francis Renshaw

Edge Tool Makers

Sydney Booth
William Booth
John Harrison
John Havenhand
John Holmes
Paul Jackson
Peter Jackson
Samuel & Andrew Siddall
Elizabeth Silcock
Henry Silcock

Some other occupations

Joseph Betts - Chimney Sweep
George Brooks - Gas Works Manager
John Robert Dodsley - Inland Revenue Officer
William Lenthall - Colliery Manager
Joseph Rhodes - Nailmaker
George Sheldon - Table Blade maker
John Allen & Mark Havenhand - Malleable Iron Founders
Samuel Lucas & Sons - Iron Founders, spade, shovel and spindle manufacturers
George Ward & Co. - Worsted, cotton, flax and silk spindle & flyer manufacturers

Industry in 1872

Colliery Owners & Coke Burners

Armitage Brothers & Co. - Silkstone Main Collier, and Heeley & Sheffield
Badger Andrew & Son - Foleswood Colliery
Booker & Co. - Dronfield
Silkstone Coal Co.James & Addy & Joseph C. Colner - (Also Heeley & Sheffield)
John Lindley Hewitt - Bullclose Colliery
HS Johnson & Co. - Gosforth Colliery
Edward Knight & Co. - Oxclose Colliery
Henry Rangeley - Hallowes Lane and Unstone
James Rhodes & Son - Coal Aston and Summerfield Collieries
Jacob Roberts - Mickley Colliery

Scythes, Sickles & Reaping Hooks

Samuel Biggin (Green Lane Works)
John Henry Harrison
Charles Lowcock
Rotherham Brothers
Samuel Siddall
William Bennett - Saw handle maker
Henry Camm - Spindle manufacturer (George Ward & Co,)
Mark Havenhand & John Allen - Malleable Iron Founders
Edward Lucas & Son - Steel Converters and refiners, files, edge tools, etc.
Joseph Rhodes - Ironmonger and nail manufacturer
William Rudge - Spade maker
David Speight - Manufacturing chemist
Robert Wagstaff - Coke basket maker
George Ward & Co. - Spindles and flyers, cast steel hay and manure forks - Damstead Works.

Industry in 1888

Firms and Names in Alphabetical Order

Charles Allen, Metal caster, Snape Hill
George Allen, Wood Turner
George Allen, Metal Caster, Snape Hill
Charles Ball, Wood Turner, Holborn
John Carr, Colliery Agent & Coal Merchant (Station)
Dronfield Gas Light & Coke Co.
Thomas Haslam Edge Tool Manufacturer, Mill Lane
John Holleyly, Sickle handle maker & Wood dealer, Sheffield Road
Lees & Sons, Malleable Iron Founders, Spring Foundry
Charles Lowcock, Sickle and reaping hook manufacturers, Princess Street
Edward Lucas & Sons, Malleable Iron Founders, Dronfield Works
Mercantile & Domestic Coke Co., Coke Burners
Ezekial Phillips, Mickley Colliery
Jonathon Rhodes, Coal and lime merchant, Chiverton House
Joseph Rhodes, Ironmonger and nail maker
John Sheard, Gomersall Silkstone Colliery
Samuel Siddall, farmer and scythe & sickle manufacturer, Birchett
Daniel Silcock, Heavy edge tool manufacturer, Beech Works
John Stevenson & Co., Oakley Main Colliery, Stubley
James Wall, Edge Tool Manufacturer, Sheffield Road
Widdowson Brothers, Edge Tool Manufacturers, Sheffield Road

Unstone

John Harrison & Sons, Edge Tool, Sickles, etc., - Unstone Mills
John Hewitt & Co., Farmers, Coal & Coke Burners - Bullclose
Hundall Coal Co.
Unstone Coal & Coke Co. Ltd.

Coal Aston

John Havenhand, Heavy Edge Tool manufacturer
William Lenthall & Co., Bentley Colliery

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