John Watts (Sheffield & London) Ltd
Watts was apparently founded in West Bar Green in 1765 by Michael Shaw, who was a clog-clasp and dog-collar maker (products which had metal parts.) After 1833, Brian Bates (1802-1882) – who had been born in Buxton and whose wife, Harriet, was related to the Shaws – operated the business. Twenty years later Bates was joined in partnership by John Watts (c.1829-1895), who had been born in Lound, Nottinghamshire. In 1862, the partnership was dissolved. Bates returned to Buxton and becam....
