John Lingard
Several Lingards made pocket-knives (including Barlows) in Stannington / Wadsley / Bradfield / Worrall. The Company of Cutlers registered numerous Lingard Freemen in the late eighteenth century. Some had settled in Pea Croft by the 1850s. One was Robert Lingard; another was Bradfield-born John Lingard (c.1814-1880), who was active in Pea Croft by 1849. He advertised spring knife cutlery, Spanish dirks, and Bowies. His address was 83 Pea Croft, where he was a ‘lodger’ in the 1851 Cens....
