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The demise of Charles Atkin in 1853 by his own hand: viewtopic.php?p=85594&hilit=broadhead#p85594

Possibly some related interest if this is indeed a Broadhead mark: viewtopic.php?p=195696&hilit=broadhead#p195696

I can never spell Britannia correctly. It’s just a good thing I didn’t cite Rory Calhoun & Company…saddle up!

Image of Brittania Works of R. Broadhead & Co. (scroll down): viewtopic.php?p=84801&hilit=broadhead#p84801

One possibility could be Rogers Broadhead & Company, a short lived affair from c. 1853-1860. But this is not confirmed by any marks images. The letter “C” is not likely to be a date code, but possibly a grade of plating. [Few firms use date codes for the silverplated wares, and it’s often those ...

Maybe look through (scrolldown) all the mark variants of Harrison Brothers & Howson here: https://www.silvercollection.it/electroplatesilverH.html They sometimes drop the “B” for Brothers. The angular ampersand has similarities in some versions. The”A” is likely to be either a plate quality just...

Images that pinpoint Dyson’s location on Lower Briggate (below Boar Lane)…look for the gabled roofs left of the corner: https://i.postimg.cc/MpcpG1ck/IMG-6521.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Jhk0pjm3/IMG-6585.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/vHZmpJbZ/IMG-6586.jpg (These images are borrowed from online sites with n...

Before I get lost, I’d recommend the linked site for anyone researching Leeds and close areas while trying to figure out what you’re looking at: https://maggieblanck.com/Land/PhotosEngland.html

Same John Blakey that made Blakey’s Boot Protectors (aka Segs)?

And you must be right about the dating of the last image. The gables are already there in the first image where horse cars are still operating. We might be seeing the back end of an enclosed horse pulled trolley with no upper levels yet.

You’re darn tootin’ on that sign in the second image…definitely the Croisdale name along the top and actually in the next building away from the corner structure. Right where the peaked roofs had been earlier. Great eyeballin’!

A wild bit of guesswork…Any chance this horsey head is actually a unicorn? If so,then the elimination of crowns in the 1890’s could have led to the placement of the head on something else like a torse? And if that, could it have evolved into the Unicorn brand of wares (see Silvercollection.it unsolv...

Three images (of several) of that 33-35/36(?) corner building not in chronological order: https://i.postimg.cc/Kzhp08fc/IMG-6517.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/yNZrhZFr/IMG-6520.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/HkKh727y/IMG-6527.webp In the oldest, we can see Boar Lane has not been widened yet and there is a John...

One more odd part is that John M. has daughters, not sons. Could he have a brother who was the alleged James (the latter) of Croisdale & Sons? Or could there be two parallel family lines given that John the Dyer had brothers? It’s like a bunch of Tony’s and Paulie’s in a mob ring.

Back to scratch…two records that may or may not overlap due to the name Mary. Firstly, from Find a grave: James Croisdale/ Trade: Cutler/Abode: Kirkgate/Birth Leeds 1808/Death 52 years (Epilepsy)/Internment 09 August 1860 Leeds General Cemetery Plot #5289/Father John/Mother Mary. Then another source...

Sorry, IIRC that John W. was a John M.. (Guess I got turned like a Hanoverian spoon, not that that is happening here.)

There’s no definite link of that punch mark to this firm’s history, but given all Row-eds Lead to Leeds, herein may be Leads. Transcript of the White’s Directory (Trades & Professions) of 1837: https://www.blunham.com/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/Leeds37aDry.html Some Leeds Croisdale knowns: A John (c....

Some noted background on “Croisdale Leeds” family activities: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/com ... s.1256431/

Surely a name from the general region of Yorkshire surrounding Leeds, wherein the Croisdale works or stores have been noted on Kirkgate and Briggate from the 1800’s. Could it be James the elder, James the younger, or the Sons of James? Is it a maker’s mark or a retailer’s stamp? And what of the natu...

A blade forum giving history of Croisdale (& partners) of Leeds fashioned as cutlers and silverplaters among other listed trades: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/com ... s.1256431/