Bristol Potters - B
Research by Reg Jackson
BRACEY Harriett
Born c1876 in St George (91C).
| 1891 | Pottery, Knapps Lane, St George (15) (91C). |
BRADLEY Joey
Born c1874 in Ireland (01C).
| 1901 | Potter’s labourer, boarding at 81 Redcliff Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (27), born in Ireland (01C). |
BRADSHAW James
| 1781 | 15 Feb. He became a free potter because of his married to Hester, daughter of Robert Evans I, gallypotmaker, deceased (F, G). |
| 1781 & 1784 | Potter, Lambeth, Surrey (P). |
BRADY Elizabeth
Born c1836 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Lodger at 2 Albion Place, St Philip’s parish (15) (51C). |
BRAIN Moses
The son of Moses Brain of Bitton, Gloucestershire, coal miner (A).
| 1779 | 22 or 29 Dec. He was apprenticed to Earl I and Elizabeth Pearce, £5.5s paid with the apprentice. Friends to find apparel and washing (A, Ao). |
BRAINE Uriah
| 1814 | 31 Jul. Noted as a potter of Temple parish on the baptism of his son Thomas. Wife Mary (TPR). |
BRAMAN James
| 1866 | 20 May. Noted as a potter when his son Abram Braman married Elizabeth Cutton (JBPR). |
BRAMER Thomas
Born c1822 in Swinton, Yorkshire (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer general in pottery, 27 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (49), living with his wife Sarah (40), born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, and son Thomas (6), born in St Philip’s parish. They were living at the same address as the Liversidge family of potters, also from Yorkshire (71C). |
BRENT Edward
The son of John Brent of Bristol, weaver, deceased (A).
| 1743 | 15 Jul. He was apprenticed to James and Sarah Gaynard. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1746 | 7 Jun. His apprenticeship was transferred to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle (A). |
| 1747 | 26 Jun. He became a free potter as he was the son of a freeman (F, G). |
| 1753 | He stood surety of £5 for Mary Parker to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1754 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1754-55 | He stood sureties of £5 each for John Biggs, Peter Patience, Edward Nicholls and Richard Wildgoose to keep alehouses in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1757 | Possibly the Edward Brent for whom John Quarman stood surety of £5 to keep an alehouse in St Mary Redcliffe parish (AKL). |
| 1784 | 6 May. Noted as a potter when his son, Edward, became a free pinmaker (G). |
| Rate book entries: 29 Sep 1757-29 Sep 1759 Edward Brent, Pile Street (SMR-Wa). 29 Sep 1759 ‘Edwd. Brent void’ Pile Street (SMR-Wa) |
BREWER Matilda
Born c1837 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | 4 Prospect Parade, St Philip’s parish (14), living with her parents Henry and Louisa Baker, upholsterer (51C). |
BRIAND Thomas
| 1776 | 26 Sep. Left his service, at the China Manufactory in Bristol, Thomas Briand, a China Repairer, an Indentured Servant. He is about five feet six inches high, and fair complexion – whoever employs him will be prosecuted according to law; and if any Person will give Notice to the said Manufactory where he is to be found, shall receive a handsome reward. (BG) Also see Richard Champion. |
BRICE William
Born c1837 in Temple parish (81C).
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 4 Mill Lane, Bedminster (44), living with his wife Harriet (44), born in Barrow Gurney, Somerset, and children Henry (19), Alice (17), George (14), Arthur (7), Frederick (5) and Laura (2), all born in Bedminster (81C). |
| 1891 | Labourer, 29 Mill Lane, Bedminster (56), living with his wife Harriet (56) and children (91C). |
| 1901 | Stone potter’s labourer, 29 Mill Lane, Bedminster (67), living with his wife Harriet (66) (01C). |
| 1911 | His wife was a widow (11C). |
BRIDGE Lewis J.
Born c1858 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | ‘Works at Bristol Pottery’, 4 Mitchell Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (13), the son of Eliza, a straw bonnet maker (71C). |
BRIGHT Ann
See the Potteries section for the 131 Temple Street Pottery.
She succeeded Joseph Bright I at the Pottery and ran it with her sister, Jane Bright.
| 1848-52 | Jane and Ann Bright ran the 131 Temple Street Pottery. |
In 1853 Jane Bright alone is listed as running the Pottery.
The Pottery was then taken over by Charles Price II and Joseph Read Price.
Born c1819 in Temple parish, the daughter of Joseph Bright I and the sister of Jane, Arthur and Daniel Bright (41C, 51C).
| 1841 | No occupation, Temple Street, Temple parish (25), living with her father and siblings (41C). |
| 1848-50 | Jane and Ann Bright, stoneware potters and patent water pipe manufacturers, 131 Temple Street (Ancestry website; MD). |
| 1851 | Stoneware manufacturer, employing 6 men, 3 boys and 1 clerk, 131 Temple Street, Temple parish (32), living with her brother Daniel and sister Jane (51C). |
| 1851-52 | Jane and Ann Bright, improved glazed stoneware, closet-pan, eject and water pipe manufacturers, 131 Temple Street (MD). |
| 1851 | 13 Dec. A potter of Temple parish (35) she married John Leworthy Yeo (40) a master mariner of Barnstaple (TPR). |
| 1861 | No occupation, living at 3 Harford Place, Bedminster with her husband John Yeo, a clerk in a broker’s office (61C). |
BRIGHT Arthur
Born c1817 in Bristol, the son of Joseph Bright I and the brother of Jane, Ann and Daniel Bright (41C).
| 1841 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1841 | No occupation, Temple Street, Temple parish (24), living with his father and siblings (41C). |
BRIGHT Daniel
Born c1808 in Bristol, the son of Joseph Bright I and the brother of Jane, Arthur and Ann Bright (PPR, 51C).
| 1808 | 31 Jan. Baptised, the son of Joseph and ‘Cecill’ Bright (PPR). |
| 1830 | Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Avon Street, Temple parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1837 | Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1841 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1841 | Temple Street, Temple parish (30), living with his father and siblings (41C). |
| 1851 | Annuitant, 131 Temple Street, Temple parish (43), living with his sisters Jane and Ann Bright, a stone ware manufacturers (51C). |
| 1852 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1861 | House proprietor, boarding at 3 Harford Place, Bedminster, Bristol (61C). |
| 1869 | Probably the Daniel Bright, aged 61, buried at St Mary Redcliffe (Ancestry website). |
BRIGHT George Charles (Thorne)
Born c1836 in Temple parish, the son of John Bright II and the father of John and Henry Bright (PPR, 61C, 91C).
| 1861 | Stoneware potter, Apple Tree, Rose Street, Temple parish (23), living with his wife Harriet (20), born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1863 | 26 Nov. West Street, St Philip’s parish (25), the son of John Bright, potter, he married Sarah Ann Marsh (22) of Old Market Street, the daughter of Stephen Marsh, a miner (PPR). |
| 1864 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1866 | 25 Aug. ‘George Bright was charged on a warrant with assaulting his wife Ann with a poker. The parties live in Pipe Lane, parish of Temple, and it appeared that the accused had attacked his wife, who was in a delicate situation, a violent blow in the eye with a poker. The prisoner, who is a potter and works at Mr Price’s pottery, Temple Street, was sentenced to one month’s hard labour, and as he threatened his wife on leaving the court he was called back by the magistrates, who informed him that they should require him to find two sureties to keep the peace for a further period of a month ‘ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1869 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | Potter, prisoner in the House of Correction, Bridewell, St John’s parish (34) (71C). |
| 1881 | 3 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (44), living with his wife Sarah Ann (40), a shoe binder, and children (81C). |
| 1891 | 9 Redcliffe Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (54), living with his wife and children (91C). |
| 1897 | 18 Dec. Noted as a potter on the marriage of his son Henry William Stephen Bright (23) a labourer of John Street to Elizabeth Bignell (PPR). |
| 1901 | His wife was a widow (01C). |
| Children: Ann Harriet, born 29 Aug 1864, bapt 25 Sep 1864 (PPR), Mary Ann, born 6 Mar 1869, bapt 4 Apr 1869 (PPR), John, born c1873 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C), Henry William Stephen, born c1874 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C), Eliza J., born c1878 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C), Edward, born c1882 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (91C), Frederick, born c1887 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (91C) |
BRIGHT Henry
Born c1874 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, the son of George Charles Bright and the brother of John Bright V (91C).
| 1891 | Wheel turner pottery, 9 Redcliffe Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (17), living with his parents and siblings (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter’s labourer, 17 Somerset Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (27), living with his widowed mother Sarah Ann, and siblings (01C). |
| 1911 | Dipper, pottery manufacture, 24 Somerset Place, St Mary Redcliffe parish (37), living with his wife Elizabeth (34), born in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, and children Mary (11), Florence (9) and Lilian (4), all born in St Mary Redcliffe parish (11C). |
BRIGHT James
| 1841 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
BRIGHT Jane
See the Potteries List section for the 131 Temple Street Pottery.
She succeeded her father Joseph Bright I at the Pottery and was operating it with her sister, Ann Bright.
| 1848-52 | Jane and Ann Bright an the 131 Temple Street Pottery. |
| 1853 | Jane Bright ran the 131 Temple Street Pottery alone. |
The Pottery was then taken over by Charles Price II and Joseph Read Price.
Born c1811 in Temple parish, the daughter of Joseph Bright I and the sister of Ann, Arthur and Daniel Bright (TPR, 41C, 51C).
| 1811 | 27 Oct. Baptised at Temple church, the daughter of Joseph and ‘Cecil’ Bright (TPR). |
| 1841 | No occupation, Temple Street, Temple parish (25), living with her father and siblings (41C). |
| 1848-50 | Jane and Ann Bright, stoneware potters and patent water pipe manufacturers, 131 Temple Street (Ancestry website; MD). |
| 1851 | Stone ware manufacturer, employing 6 men, 3 boys and 1 clerk, 131 Temple Street, Temple parish (37), living with her brother Daniel and sister Ann, and a servant Harriet Bishop (17) (51C). |
| 1851 | Occup: Jane & Ann Bright, Owner: Peanes & Roach, House & Pottery, 130 Temple Street (BRO 04250(1)). |
| 1851-52 | Jane and Ann Bright, improved glazed stoneware, closet-pan, eject and water pipe manufacturers, 131 Temple Street (MD). |
| 1852 | Jane and Ann Bright exported 3,500 pieces of red and stoneware to Adelaide (PB-EXP). |
| 1853 | Bright & Co (or Jane Bright & Co), improved glazed stoneware, closet-pan, eject and water pipe manufacturers, 131 Temple Street (MD, Bristol Mercury). |
| 1861 | 19 Mar. A potter of Bedminster (49) she married Henry Joseph Symes (53) of Temple parish, a provision merchant (JBPR). |
| 1861 | No occupation, living at 2 Temple Street, Temple parish, with her husband Henry Symes, a provision merchant (61C). |