Bristol Potters - B
Research by Reg Jackson
BRITTON (BRITTIN) Joseph I
The father of Joseph Britton II (51C, JBPR).
| 1850 | 25 Jul. Noted as a potter when his son William (24), a boilermaker, of Boot Lane, Bedminster, married Harriet Davies (JBPR). |
| 1855 | 24 Sep. Noted as a potter when his son Joseph II (30), potter, of Little Paradise, Bedminster, married Harriet Bird (JBPR). |
| 1866 | 22 Oct. Noted as a potter when his son Joseph II (40), potter, of East Street, Bedminster, married Betsy Smart (JBPR). |
BRITTON Joseph II
Born c1829 in St Philip’s parish, Bristol, the son of Joseph Britton I (51C, JBPR).
| 1851 | Lodging at 6 Queens Head Court, St Thomas parish (22) (51C). (Note: there is a 4 year discrepancy in his age between the 1851 census and marriage in 1855). |
| 1855 | 24 Sep. Little Paradise, Bedminster (30), the son of Joseph Britton I, potter, he married Harriet Bird (25) (JBPR). |
| 1861 | 7 Tuckers Court, St Philip’s parish (36), living with his wife Harriet (31) and children (61C). |
| 1866 | 22 Oct. East Street, Bedminster, widower (40), the son of Joseph Britton I, potter, he married Betsy Smart (34) (JBPR). |
| 1868 | 1 Nov. Lamb Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | 55 Great George Street, St Philip’s parish (46), living with his wife Betsy (38) and children (71C). |
| 1892 | 20 Feb. Noted as a potter when his daughter Beatrice Emily Britton (23) married William Benjamin Down (EPR). |
| Children: Joseph, born c1856 in St Philip’s parish (61C), George, born c1858 in St Philip’s parish (61C), Sarah Ann, born c1860 in St Philip’s parish (61C), Beatrice Emily, born 7 Oct 1868, bapt 1 Nov 1868 (PPR) |
BROOKS Benjamin
Born c1835 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Lodging at 3 Crown Court, Temple parish (16) (51C). |
BROOKS Charles
Born c1850 in Nailsea, Somerset (71C).
| 1871 | 18 Sargeant Street, Bedminster (21) (71C). |
| 1877 | 3 Jun. 3 Luke’s Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1878 | 19 May. 3 Luke’s Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1881 | 20 Feb. 7 Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1881 | 5 Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish (30), living with his wife Fanny (29), born in Bristol, and children (81C). |
| Children: Harriet, born c1873 in Tunstall, Staffordshire (81C), Charles Frederick, born 9 May 1877, bapt 3 Jun 1877 (PPR), Charles Frederick, born 27 Apr 1878, bapt 19 May 1878 (PPR), Fanny, born c1880 in Bristol (81C), Mary Hannah, born 28 Jan 1881, bapt 20 Feb 1881 (PPR) |
BROOKS James
Born c1824 in Bedminster (61C).
| 1861 | Porter at pottery, Windmill Hill, Bedminster (37), living with his wife Elizabeth (38), born Ilminster, Somerset, and children Sarah Ann (11), born in Temple parish, and Mary A. (4), born in Bedminster (61C). |
| 1871 | Labourer, 7 Albert Place, Victoria Road, Bedminster (52), living with his wife Elizabeth (48), and daughter Eliza (9), born in Bristol (71C). |
BROOKS John
| 1915 | 25 Mar. Described as a middle-aged man, employed at the Albert Pottery Co., he was charged with four others of killing or taking two linnets, and also with cruelty to them. The bird catchers were found in a field adjoining Sparke-Evans Park, St Philip’s Marsh with a net, two linnets pegged to the ground, and a linnet in a cage. Brooks said that he was in the field looking for a gate which had been taken from his master’s field and that he had nothing to do with bird catching. The case against him was dismissed (Western Daily Press). |
BROOKS Robert William
Born c1826 in Temple parish (91C).
| 1843 | 14 May. Broad Quay, St Stephen’s parish (19), the son of Robert Brookes, cordwainer, he married Mary Wood (SPR). |
| 1849 | 23 Dec. Broad Quay, widower, he married Sarah Legg (SPR). |
| 1851 | Placer in stoneware pottery, 17 Tabernacle Row, St Paul’s parish (25), living with his wife Sarah (29), born in Bristol, and daughter Ellen (5 mths) (51C). |
| 1861 | Fireman (pottery), 130 Temple Street, Temple parish (35), living with his wife Sarah (38), and children (61C). |
| 1868 | 20 Jun. He was described as foreman of Price’s Pottery in Temple Street/Thomas Street (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1871 | Fireman stoneware pottery, 6 Church Lane, Temple parish (45), living with his wife Sarah (49) and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Pottery fireman, 45 Thomas Street, St Thomas parish (55), living with his wife Sarah (59), children and his mother-in-law, Ann Legg (83) (81C). |
| 1891 | Foreman fireman in stone ware pottery, widower, 34 Green Bank Road, St George (65), living with Sarah Savage (53), housekeeper (91C). |
| 1901 | Fireman stoneware pottery, Whiteway Road, St George (75), living with his wife Sarah (63), born in St Augustine’s parish (01C). |
| 1909 | 24 Mar. ‘Died at Hanham, aged 83, Robert Brookes, for 67 years a valued and faithful employee at Price, Sons and Company’s Potteries, St Thomas Street’ (Western Daily Press). |
| Children: Ellen, born c1851 in Bristol (71C), Kate, born c1853 in Bristol (71C), Lily, born c1856 in Bristol (61C) |
BROOKS Thomas
Born c1874 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Pottery labourer, 8 Chapel Street, St Silas parish (27), living with his wife Florence (26), born in Bristol, and son Thomas (1), born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter’s labourer, 10 Grove Road, Brislington (38), living with his wife Florence (36) and children including Florence M. (9), Harold (5) and Rose E. (1), all born in Bristol (11C). |
BROUGHTON Alexander
The father of Henry Broughton (TPR).
| 1854 | 1 Aug. Noted as a potter when his son Henry Broughton (41) of Temple parish married Elizabeth Tanner (TPR). |
BROUGHTON Henry
Born c1813, the son of Alexander Broughton (TPR).
| 1854 | 1 Aug. Temple parish (41), the son of Alexander Broughton, potter, he married Elizabeth Tanner (48) of Temple parish (TPR). |
BROWN Alexander
Born c1893 in Fishponds, the brother of Arthur Brown (11C).
| 1911 | Clerk, earthenware manufacturer, Channon’s Hill, Fishponds (18) (11C). |
BROWN Arthur
Born c1894 in Fishponds, the brother of Alexander Brown (11C).
| 1911 | Potter, Channon’s Hill, Fishponds (17) (11C). |
| 1915 | 31 Jan. Arthur Brown, 19, pottery apprentice (arrested at Fishponds Pottery), surrendered on a charge of assaulting Mrs Rose Pratley, at Henbury, on 4 January. Verdict of not guilty (Western Daily Press). |
BROWN Charles
Born c1850 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | 3 Church Street, Temple parish (11), living with his mother Eliza Brown, a needlewoman of Milverton, Somerset (61C). |
BROWN Edwin
Born c1843 in Bedminster (81C) or c1842 in Rickford, Somerset (71C, 91C).
| 1871 | Labourer, 1 Little Paradise, Bedminster (28), living with his wife Ellen (32), born in Wrington, Somerset, and daughter Annie (5), born in Bedminster (71C). |
| 1881 | 3 Paradise, Bedminster (38), living with his wife Helen (42) and children Hannah (15) and Henry (6), all born in Bedminster (81C). |
| 1891 | Dock labourer, 1 Little Paradise, Bedminster (49), living with his wife Helen (53), and children Annie (25), Henry (16), George (10) and William (10), all born in Bedminster (91C). |
BROWN Emily
Born c1891 in St George (11C).
| 1911 | Fetler at pottery, 21 Ridgeway Road, Fishponds (20) (11C). |
BROWN Harriet
Born c1856 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | Pottery assistant, 7 Philip Street, St Philip’s parish (35) (91C). |
BROWN Henry
Born c1849 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | General labourer, 17 Atlas Street, St Silas parish (52), living with his wife Ann (49), born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1902 | 6 Nov. ‘A man named Henry Brown, aged 50, who lives at 23 Atlas Terrace, St Philip’s Marsh, was working at the Victoria Potteries yesterday, when he fell into some hot water and was badly scalded. He was taken to the Bristol General Hospital and was detained’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1911 | General labourer, fire brick works, widower, 59 Great George Street, St Judes (60) (11C). |
BROWN John
The son of John Brown of Abbots Leigh, Somerset, yeoman, and the brother of William Brown (A).
| 1731 | 22 Sep. He was apprenticed to William and Ann Pottery, £8 paid with the apprentice. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1739 | 7 Nov. He became a free potmaker (F, G). |
| 1739 | Potmaker, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
BROWN Lewis
| 1740 | 22 Dec. He was described as a potter of Bristol when he was bondsman to a licence for marriage, granted to John King of Bedminster (M). |
| 1747 | 27 Jun. He became a free potter because of his marriage to Sarah, daughter of Lewis Watkins (F). |
| 1754 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1755 | 15 Feb. ‘One house and garden upon Redcliff Hill in the tenure of Mr Lewis Brown potter’ for sale by auction (FFJ). |
| 1774 | 5 Oct. John Lewis, painter, obtained his freedom because of his marriage to ‘Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis Brown, potter, dec’d’. (G). |
| 1784 | 8 Apr. Samuel Barnes, cabinetmaker, obtained his freedom because of his marriage to Ann. daughter of Lewis Brown (G). |
| Children: Wife Sarah Elizabeth, bapt 20 May 1744 (RPR), Susannah, bapt 3 May 1747 (RPR), Ann, bapt 8 Oct 1751 (RPR), Sarah, bapt 15 Nov 1751 (RPR) |
BROWN Rosina
Born c1883 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Potter, 6 Salisbury Street, St Luke’s parish (18) (01C). |