John Bedford & Sons Ltd
The Bedfords had links with a forge in Oughtibridge after 1792. By the 1840s, John Bedford (1815-1898) was manufacturing steel at Portobello, Sheffield. Bedford, Burys & Co operated in Penistone Road after 1859. However, this partnership encountered financial problems and John Bedford became a Continental traveller for William Butcher. Bramall & Bedford was formed in 1864, but ended in 1871, when John Bedford was joined by his sons – Henry Hall Bedford (1847-1930), John George Hawksley B....
