Bristol Potters - H
Research by Reg Jackson
HAMMERSLEY Thomas
| 1771 | He stood surety of £5 for William Hammersley to keep an alehouse in St Mary le Port parish (AKL). |
| 1771 | 26 Sep. A potter of St James’s parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to William Hammersley, turner (M). |
HAMPSON Edward
Born c1850 in Lambeth, London (91C).
| 1881 | Potter thrower, 19 Nuncaton Street, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire (31), living with his wife Jane (31), born in Scotland, and children John E. (9), Mary (5), Sarah (4) and Daniel (9 mths) (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter thrower, 7 Hills Court, Temple parish (41), living with his wife Jane (41) and children Mary (15), Sarah (14), both born in Scotland, William (7), Ethel (4) and George (2), all born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (91C). |
HANCOCK Alice
Born c1866 in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire (91C).
| 1881 | Probably the Alice Hancock (14), living in 5 Talbot Street, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, with her father Benjamin, a stone miner, mother Elizabeth, and siblings (81C). |
| 1891 | Artist at pottery, lodging in Church Road, St George (25) (91C). |
HANCOCK John
Born c1839 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | 1 Lucky Lane, St Philip’s parish (12) (51C). |
HANCOCK Mary Ann
Born c1853 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | 16 Rose Alley, Temple parish (18) (71C). |
HAND Ann
Born c1791 in Bristol, mother-in-law of Sarah Hand (51C).
| 1851 | Transferer at pottery, 3 Temple Back, Temple parish (60), widow, living with her son John (25), daughter-in-law Sarah (28) and their children (51C). |
HAND Sarah
Born c1823 in Bristol, the daughter-in-law of Ann Hand (51C).
| 1851 | Warehouse woman Pottery, 3 Temple Back, Temple parish (28), living with her husband John (25) a brass finisher, born in Bristol, her children Sarah J. (2) and John (3 mths) and her mother-in-law Ann Hand (60) (51C). |
HANDLEY Luke
| 1839 | 4 Feb. Noted as a potter when his daughter Georgina Morgan, widow, married Charles Henry Williams (PPR). |
HANDS Joseph Rowland
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 6.
Joseph Hands married Lavinia Cole, the widow of Thomas Homans Cole, in 1869.
| 1869-71 | Joseph and Lavinia Hands ran the St Philip’s Pottery 6. |
Lavinia Hands died in the last quarter of 1871.
| 1871-73 | Joseph Hands ran the St Philip’s Pottery 6 alone. |
By 1873 Joseph had married again in Liverpool where he remained until his death in 1912. It seems likely that he sold the Pottery between 1873 and 1874. An un-named redware pottery was offered for sale in May 1873 and again in May 1874 and this was probably the St Philip’s Pottery 6.
The Pottery was then run by John Forward Moorse.
The only Joseph Rowland Hands recorded in the Bristol census returns was in 1861. He was born c1844 in Bristol.
| 1861 | Clerk pawnbroker, boarding at St Augustine’s Place, St Augustine’s parish (17) (61C). |
| 1869 | 9 Oct. On 2 October Mr J.R. Hands of Bristol married Lavinia Ann, the widow of Thomas Cole of the Albert Pottery at St Barnabas church (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1870 | Joseph Rowland Hands, potter, Albert Pottery (KD). |
| 1870 | Mrs L. Hands, Albert Pottery (WD). |
| 1871 | Joseph Hands, potter, Albert Pottery Company (WD). |
| 1871 | He cannot be traced in the census returns (71C). |
| 1871 | 18 Nov. ‘Died November 8 at Albert Pottery, Lavinia Ann, wife of Mr Jos. R. Hands, aged 46’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1872 | Joseph Richard Hands, potter, Albert Pottery (Morris D). |
| 1872 | 29 Apr. ‘Wanted, a middle aged person, without incumbrance, to be generally useful in a small house. No Family. Albert Pottery, Albert Road, St Philip’s Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1872 | 8 Jun. ‘To builders. A quantity of damaged chimney pots, cheap. Albert Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1872 | 12 Jul. ‘To builders. A quantity of damaged chimney pots and caps. Albert Pottery, Marsh Bridge’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1872 | 28 Aug. ‘To builders. A quantity of chimney pots, cheap. Albert Pottery, Marsh Bridge’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1872 | 1 Oct. For sale, very cheap, shelving, stand and plants for greenhouse. Albert Pottery, Marsh Bridge’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1872 | ‘To builders. Albert Pottery, Marsh Bridge, St Philip’s, for chimney pots, cheap for cash’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1872 | 13 Dec. ‘For sale, three carpenters benches and a turner’s lathe, cheap. Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1873 | 4 Jan. Possibly the: ‘Redware pottery, to be let. An old established business. Apply to W. Cloutman, surveyor, 3 Exchange’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1873 | 23 Jan. Joseph Rowland Hands, the son of Benjamin Hands, married Mary Jane Huntington at St Saviour’s church, Liverpool (Ancestry website). |
| 1873 | 5 Mar. ‘For sale. Strong brown cart mare. Good worker and quiet. Albert Pottery, Marsh Bridge’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1873 | 17 Apr. ‘Aquarium and some shelving for greenhouse, also parrot’s cage, cheap. Albert Pottery, near Marsh Bridge’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1873 | 22 May. Probably the ‘Old established redware pottery business to be disposed of, with every requisite, in full working order. Proof trade. Stock at valuation. Satisfactory reason for sale’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1874 | Joseph Hands, potter, Albert Pottery (WD). |
| 1874 | 6 May. ‘To builders. A quantity of damaged cheap pots, cheap. Albert Pottery, Marsh Bridge’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1874 | 25 May. Probably the pottery business referred to in the advertisement: ‘Messrs Denning, Smith and Co. are instructed to dispose of an old-established red ware pottery business, which has been carried on by the present proprietor for some years. The connection is a first-class one, the premises suitable and convenient, and the whole concern in full working order. Incoming about £800 to £1000’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1881 | Export bottler, 1 Eversley Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool (37), living with his wife Mary J. (36), born in Lane, Liverpool, and children Ellen J. (7), born in Bristol and Joseph Rowlands (4), born in Liverpool (81C). |
In the 1891 census he was a wine and spirit merchant living with his family at 1 Eversley Street, Liverpool (91C). He was still living there in 1901 when he was living on his own means (01C). He died on 12 Aug 1912 and in his will he was described as a gentleman of 87 Beaconsfield Street, Liverpool. He left an estate valued at £6,926.12s.8d (Ancestry website).
HANDS William
| 1827 | 24 Jun. St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son Joseph. Wife Jemima (PPR). |
HANKINS James
| 1818 | 18 Jun. He became free as he had been the apprentice of Joseph and Sarah Ring (F). |
| 1820-22 | Potter, aged about 40 years (Methodist Class Book). |
| 1827 | 25 Feb. Temple parish on the baptism of his daughter Mary (born 20 Jun 1825). Wife Hannah (TPR). |
HANN Alfred
Born c1865 in Bristol, the son of Benjamin Hann and brother of John II and Alfred (81C)
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 1 Parrotts Court, Pile Street (16), living with his parents and brothers (81C). |
HANN Benjamin
Born c1827 in Bristol, father of John II, Alfred and Walter Hann (61C).
| 1848-55 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1851 | Potter’s labourer, 48 Colston Street, Bedminster (24), living with his wife Ann (21), born in St Mary Redcliffe parish, and daughter Harriet (51C). |
| 1861 | Pottery labourer, 10 Somerset Place, Bedminster (34), living with his wife Ann (32) born in Bristol, and children (61C). |
| 1862 | 6 Sep. Possibly the Benjamin Ham a married man with a large family who was ‘charged with indecently exposing his person on the premises of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. William Clampit, a railway policeman, stated that he saw the prisoner standing near a wagon on the incline, and he turned towards a lady who was near the spot and committed the offence charged, apparently with the deliberate intention of insulting her. He believed that he did so for ten minutes to a quarter of an hour … Mr Richard Haynes, foreman at Mr Powell’s pottery, deposed that the prisoner had been in Mr Powell’s employ for a number of years, and had always borne a good character. The Magistrates considered the case fully proved, and the prisoner, who strongly denied the charge, and said he was there for a natural purpose, was sentenced to six weeks’ hard labour, the full term being mitigated in consequence of the good character given him by the foreman’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1871 | Labourer, 4 Hillier’s Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish (44), living with his wife Ann (41) and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 1 Parrotts Court, Pile Street (54), living with his wife Ann (52) and children (81C). |
| Children: Amelia, bapt 24 Sep 1848 (TPR), Harriet Augusta, bapt 2 Jun 1850 (TPR), Charlotte, born c1854 in Bristol (61C), James, bapt 30 Sep 1855 (TPR), John, born c1858 in Bristol (61C), William, born c1859 in Bristol (61C), Alfred, born c1865 in Bristol (81C), Walter, born c1867 in Bristol (81C) |
HANN James
Born c1832 in Bristol (81C).
| 1871 | General labourer, 10 Matilda Place, Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (38), living with his wife Mary (37), born in St Philip’s parish, and children Harriet (8), James (7), Mary (5), Alice (3) and George (1), all born in St Philip’s parish (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 9 Prospect Place, St Philip’s parish (49), living with his wife Mary (47) born in Bristol, and children, and mother-in-law Martha Crates (76) born in ‘Niblet’, Somerset (81C). |
HANN John I
Born c1823 in Temple parish, the father of John William Hann (51C, 61C).
| 1841 | Possibly the John Hann (15), living with his father, a shoe maker, mother Ann, and siblings, at Taylor’s Court, Temple parish (41). |
| 1845 | 11 May. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1851 | 2 Henry Row, Barton Place, St Philip’s parish (28), living with his wife Harriet (23), a seamstress, born in ‘Stoy’ [possibly Stowey], Somerset, and children (51C). |
| 1861 | 5 Mayilda Place, St Philip’s parish (38), living with his wife Harriet (33), born in Nether Stowey, Somerset, and children (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter (out of employ), 5 Matilda Place (general shop), Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (48), living with his wife Harret (43), shop keeper, and son Thomas G. (23) (71C). |
| Children: John William, bapt 11 May 1845 (TPR), Thomas G., born c1847 in Bristol (51C) |
HANN John II
Born c1858 in Temple parish, the son of Benjamin Hann and brother of Alfred and Walter Hann (81C, 91C).
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 1 Parrotts Court, Pile Street (23), living with his parents and brothers (81C). |
| 1891 | Packer of sugar, 56 Somerset Street, Bedminster (33), living with his wife Emily (29), born in St Philip’s parish, and children John (7), born in St Philip’s and Emily (2), born in Bedminster (91C). |
| 1901 | General labourer, Butter Lane, Temple parish (43), living with his wife Emily (39) and children including Louisa (9), George (7), both born in St Mary Redcliffe parish, Richard (6) and Charlotte (3), both born in Temple parish (11C). |
| 1911 | Stoneware packer, widower, 9 Westborne Grove, Bedminster (52), living with his children (11C). |
HANN John William
Born c1845 in Temple parish, the son of John Hann I (71C).
| 1871 | Stoneware potter, 11 Matilda Place, Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (26), living with his wife Mary A. (29), born in Swansea, South Wales, and children Edith (5), J.W. (4) and Thomas G. (1), all born in St Philip’s parish (71C). |
| 1881 | Grocer, 11 Matilda Place, Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (36), living with his wife Mary A. (38) and children including Nellie (5) and Emily (3), both born in Bristol (81C). |
HANN Walter
Born c1867 in Bristol, the son of Benjamin Hann and brother of Alfred and John II (81C).
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 1 Parrotts Court, Pile Street (14), living with his parents and brothers (81C). |
| 1891 | Carter, 19 Orchard Square, St Mary Redcliffe parish (24), living with his wife Margaret (23) and children Emily (3) and Walter (11 mths), all born in Bristol (91C). |
HARDICK Charles William
Born c1889 in Bethnal Green, the brother of Thomas Hardick (11C).
| 1911 | Potter’s packer, Glen Lyn, Ridgway Road, Fishponds (22) (11C). |
HARDICK Thomas
Born c1891 in Haggerston, London, the brother of Charles William Hardick (11C).
| 1911 | Potter’s mould maker, Glen Lyn, Ridgway Road, Fishponds (20) (11C). |