Bristol Potters - M
Research by Reg Jackson
MOORSE Ada
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 6.
She appears to have assisted her brother, Walter John Moorse, in running the pottery until his death in 1934.
| 1934-40 | She ran the Pottery until it was advertised for sale in 1940. |
The Pottery closed.
Born c1872, the daughter of John Forward Moorse and the sister of Walter John Moorse (91C).
| 1911 | Clerk assisting brother, 3 Kensington Park Road, Brislington (36). She was living with her brother Walter John Moorse, who was described as a red ware pottery manufacturer (11C). |
| 1934 | 10 Sep. ‘Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh. Flower pots, all sizes in stock’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1935 | 11 May. Bristol General Hospital donations. The Albert Pottery 10s.6d (Western Daily Press). |
| 1936 | 19 Sep. Bristol General Hospital donations. The Albert Pottery per Miss Moorse 10s (Western Daily Press). |
| 1937 | 26 Jun. Bristol General Hospital donations. Albert Pottery 10s (Western Daily Press). |
| 1940 | 14 Nov. ‘To let or for sale, warehouse premises at St Philip’s (formerly Albert Potteries). Large yard of 7,000 square feet with various single and two floor buildings. Electricity’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1948 | 16 Mar. ‘Died … Ada, sister of Merina (Miss Moorse of Albert Pottery Co.) February 13’ (Western Daily Press). |
MOORSE (MORSE) John Forward
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 6.
| c1877-1908 | John Forward Moorse was described as the manager of the St Philip’s Pottery 6, but he was almost certainly the proprietor. |
After his death in 1908 the Pottery was run by his son, Walter John Moorse, assisted by his sister, Ada.
Born c1843 in Bath, Somerset (71C) or Stowell, Somerset (01C). The father of Walter John, Ada and Kate Moorse.
| 1864 | 24 Dec. He married Jane Tilley at St Luke’s church, Barton Hill (Ancestry website). |
| 1871 | Potter, 21 Glendare Street, St George (28), living with his wife Jane (28), born in St Philip’s parish, and John Tilley (60), labourer pottery, probably his father-in-law (71C). |
| 1872 | 19 May. St Silas Place, St Silas on the baptism of his daughter Ada (EPR). |
| 1877 | 19 Dec. ‘Wanted, two redware potters, J. Moorse, Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1880 | He was the manager of the Albert Pottery Company, St Philip’s Marsh (Slater’s D). |
| 1881 | Manager of pottery, Albert Pottery, York Street/Small Street, St Philip’s parish (38), living with his wife Jane (37), and children (81C). |
| 1886-90 | Listed as the manager of the Albert Pottery (WD). |
| 1891 | Potter, Caretaker’s House, Albert Pottery [between Victoria Terrace and Philip Street], St Philip’s parish (48), living with his wife Jane (47), and children (91C). |
| 1900 | 20 Aug. ‘To let, a yard 50 by 60 feet, in St Philip’s Marsh, well walled in, suitable for haulier. Apply J. Moorse, Albert Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1901 | Flower pot manufacturer, employer, 2 Kensington Park Road, Knowle (58), living with his wife Jane (57) and children, including Kate (23), pottery clerk, and Walter John (20), pottery worker (01C). |
| 1903 | 14 Jan. ‘To let, workshop, suitable for an engineer or builder, or for a warehouse. J. Moorse, Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1903 | 11 May. ‘To let, workshop (board floor) and yard; suitable for a bakery, shoe factory. Rent £12 year. Apply J. Moorse, Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1904 | 18 Jun. A sale of ground rents including that of the ‘Albert Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh, and seven houses adjoining, known as nos. 104-110 Meriton Street’ Valued at £42 (Western Daily Press). |
| 1904 | 12 Dec. ‘To market gardeners. Good rhubarb pots in stock at the Albert Pottery Co.’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1905 | 13 Mar. ‘Eight well-built houses for sale. Apply J. Moorse, Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1908 | 30 Apr. He died at Stoneleigh, Kensington Park Road, Brislington. No occupation is given. Probate was granted to his widow Jane, Ada Moorse, his daughter, and William Chard, a jeweller. Effects valued at £3,178.12s.2d (Ancestry website). |
| 1908 | 1 May. ‘Died April 30, at Stoneleigh, Kensington Park Road, Brislington, John Forward Moorse (of Albert Pottery Co.), the dearly beloved husband of Jane Moorse, aged 65’ (Western Daily Press). |
| Children: | |
| Ada, born c1872, bapt 19 May 1872 (EPR, 91C), Kate, born c1875 in Bristol (91C), Merina, born c1879 in Bristol (91C), Walter John, born c1881 in Bristol (91C) |
MOORSE Walter John
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 6.
| 1908-34 | He ran the Pottery assisted by his sister Ada Moorse. |
Walter John Moorse died in 1934 and the Pottery was then carried on by his sister, Ada Moorse.
Born c1881 in Bristol, the son of John Forward Moorse and the sister of Ada and Kate Moorse (91C).
| 1881 | 6 Feb. He was baptised at St Silas church, Bedminster (Ancestry website). |
| 1901 | Pottery worker, 2 Lower Kensington Park Road, knowle (20), living with his parents and siblings (01C). |
| 1911 | Red ware pottery manufacturer, employer, 3 Kensington Park Road, Brislington (30), living with his widowed mother Jane (67) and sisters Ada (36), clerk assisting brother, and Merina (31) (11C). |
| 1913 | 30 Jane. ‘For sale, Lot 10. All that rent of £42 issuing out of the Albert Pottery, Victoria Terrace, Victoria Road and seven cottages known as nos. 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 Meriton Street and 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37 and 39 and the Adult Schools, Philip Street, Victoria Road, St Philip’s Marsh, created by an Indenture of Lease dated the 23rd June 1847, for 1,000 years’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1914 | Walter John Moorse, Albert Pottery, Victoria Terrace, St Philip’s Marsh (KD). |
| 1915 | 2 Jan. ‘Rhubarb pots for sale, special quotations to market gardeners. Apply The Albert Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1915 | 19 Mar. ‘Wanted, apprentice to learn flower pot making. No premium. Apply J. Moorse, Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1915 | 23 Mar. John Brooks and James Jefferies, were caught trying to catch linnets on St Philip’s Marsh. They both said they worked at the Albert Pottery Company (Western Daily Press) |
| 1915 | 13 Aug. ‘Wanted, carter, live on premises. Apply J. Moorse, the Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1917 | 22 Aug. Possibly the un-named pottery manufacturer who appeared before the Bristol Military Tribunal: ‘The military representative raised a question in the case of a pottery manufacturer, aged 35, married, passed for general service. The Tribunal, though they withdrew the conditional exemption which the man held, treated the matter as a one-man business case, and granted four months’ temporary exemption’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1918 | 8 Mar. For sale ‘house and shop, 85 Pennywell Road. Apply W. Moorse, Albert Pottery Co., Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1919 | 28 Feb. The Albert Pottery with buildings and contiguous premises and ground rents thereon were sold to Mr Furze, the tenant (Western Daily Press). |
| 1923 | 4 Oct. ‘House for sale (vacant possession), 78 Fox Road … Apply W.J. Moorse, Red Ware Potteries, Feeder Road’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1927 | 15 Jun. ‘For sale, possession, 19 Regent Terrace, Newtown. Price £300. Ground rent £2.10s. Apply J. Moorse, Red Ware Potteries, Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1928 | 6 Jun. ‘For sale, cottage, no ground rent: two rooms vacant. Apply J. Moorse, The Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1928 | 12 Dec. ‘W.J. Moorse, Albert Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh, Bristol. Established 1801. Manufacturers of red glazed ware. Washing pans. Bread pans. Rhubarb pots with cover 3s.6d. Seakale pots with covers 3s.6d. Chimney pots. Garden pots. Garden rustic vase 7s.6d. All in stock’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1930 | 8 Mar. ‘Flower pots, all sizes in stock. Rhubarb pots, seakale pots. Apply The Albert Pottery Co.’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1930 | 7 May. ‘Flower pots, all sizes in stock. Vases 7s.6d each. Established 1801. The Albert Pottery Co.’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1931 | 19 Feb & 2 Dec. ‘Flower pots. All sizes in stock. Apply W.J. Moorse, Albert Potteries, St Philip’s Marsh. Vases 7s.6d.’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1932 | 23 Apr. Donations to the General Hospital: W.J. Moorse, Albert Pottery Co. 10s.6d (Western Daily Press). |
| 1932 | 2 Jun. ‘Flower pots, all sizes in stock, wholesale and retail. Vases 7s.6d each. Apply W.J. Moorse, Albert Potteries’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1932 | 8 Sep. W.J. Moorse of the Albert Pottery Co. attended the funeral of Alderman F.G. Mullis (Western Daily Press). |
| 1933 | 25 Feb. ‘Flower pots, all sizes in stock, wholesale or retail. Established 1801. Apply the Albert Pottery Co.’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1934 | 20 Jul. He died, his address given as 19 Kensington Park Road, Brislington and The Albert Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh. Probate was granted to Ada Moorse on 27 Apr 1935. He left personal effects valued at £25,341.5s.11d (PRO National probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administration), 1858-1966). |
| 1934 | 24 Jul. ‘Funeral to be held. W.J. Moorse, of the Albert Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh, the beloved brother of Ada, Kate and Merina, after much suffering, at the Bristol General Hospital, aged 53’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1934 | 25 Jul. ‘The funeral took place at Brislington yesterday of Mr Walter John Moorse, of Kensington Park Road, Brislington, who died at the Bristol General Hospital on July 20. Mr Moorse was the proprietor of the Albert Pottery Co., St Philip’s Marsh and was a governor of St Silas School’. Mourners included Miss Moorse (sister), Mrs Brownston (sister). Wreaths included one from the ’employees of the Albert Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
MORGAN AND HAWLEY
See the Potteries List section for the Stapleton Road Pottery 2.
The Pottery had previously been run by Mayer, Boulton and Company who were made bankrupt in 1855.
| c1856-58 | Morgan and Hawley ran the Stapleton Road Pottery 2. |
| (The identity of the Morgan in this partnership is unknown. The only likely candidate amongst known potters is John Morgan I. The Hawley was James George Hawley). |
Then Pottery was sold in 1858 and was taken over by Mayer and Company.
| 1857-58 | Morgan & Hawley, earthenware, porcelain and sanitary goods manufacturer, Cornwallis Pottery, Stapleton Road (MD). |
| 1858 | 20 Feb. Cornwallis Pottery. To be sold by tender on instructions from the Trustees: ‘the valuable business, including the plant, machinery, with the manufactured and unmanufactured stock-in-trade, of Messrs Morgan and Hawley, manufacturers of earthenware, porcelain and sanitary goods. The plant comprises steam engine and boiler, colour mill, two glaze mills, a pair of stampers, pug mill, lathes, throwing wheels, implements, tools, printing presses, copper plates, a variety of moulds, blocks and cases, and working moulds, and other effects. The stock includes a general assortment of printed, sponged, biscuit, cream-coloured, and sanitary ware; saggars, closet, china and black clays, with a variety of materials used in the trade. A large amount has been recently expended in the improvement of the pottery, which is now replete with every convenience for carrying on the business, and comprises one biscuit kiln, two glaze kilns, one fritt kiln, one enamelling kiln, workshops, storerooms, stable and large yard. There are also a good dwelling-house and garden attached’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1858 | 27 Feb. ‘Cornwallis Pottery, Stapleton Road. To earthenware dealers, builders, plumbers, and private families. Messrs Barnard, Thomas & Co. have received instructions from the Trustees to sell by auction, on the premises, on Thursday and Friday, the 11th and 12th days of March 1858, the extensive stock in trade, plant, fixtures, horse, carts, and effects of Messrs Morgan and Hawley, Cornwallis Pottery, Stapleton Road. The stock consists of a general assortment of printed dinner, tea, breakfast and toilet ware; jugs, mugs, and a variety of articles adapted for family purposes; also sanitary goods of all descriptions, and a quantity of biscuit and clay ware; saggar, closet, china, black and blue clays, with a variety of materials used in the trade. The plant comprises colour mills, two glaze mills, a pair of stampers, pug mills, lathes, throwing wheels, various implements, three printing presses, variety of copper-plate engravings, moulds, blocks, cases, and working moulds; counting house and other fixtures and effects. One enamelling, one glaze and one frit kiln. One capital chestnut gelding, one cart, one crank axle, harness, chaff cutter, etc.’ (Bristol Mercury). |
MORGAN, WALKER AND COMPANY
See the Potteries List section for the St Thomas Street Pottery 1.
| 1807 | Morgan, Walker & Company ran the St Thomas Street Pottery 1. |
The Pottery was then taken over by W.W. Walker.
| 1807 | Morgan, Walker & Co., Thomas Street, brown stone ware manufacturers (MD). |
MORGAN Abraham
| 1814 | 29 Apr. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (Ao). |
MORGAN Charles
| 1818 | 17 Nov. He worked for W. & T. Powell, and was a witness for them against eight journeymen potters who entered into an unlawful combination (BG). See William and Thomas Powell for details. |
MORGAN Eliza
Born c1837 in Staffordshire, the wife of William Morgan IV (61C).
| 1861 | Earthenware printer, Melsom’s Building, Temple parish (24), living with her husband (61C). |
MORGAN Elizabeth Kate
Born c1862 in Bristol, the wife of William Morgan V (91C).
| 1891 | Transferer, 1 Pile Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (29), living with her husband and children (91C). |
MORGAN Florence
Born c1892 in St Philip’s parish, the daughter of John Morgan III and the sister of William Morgan VII (11C).
| 1911 | Assistant dipper, 37 Station Avenue, Fishponds (19), living with his parents and siblings (11C). |
MORGAN Francis
The son of Francis Morgan, late of Bristol, tailor (A).
| 1733 | 9 Jun. He was apprenticed to William Pottery with £10, the gift of Edward Colston, deceased. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1741 | 16 Apr. ‘Samuel Drew agst Francis Morgan potter Back Street. Thursday April 30th 1741, Debt proved to be 10s 6d for goods sold, order’d it be paid with costs at 2s a week’ (C). |
MORGAN John I
Born c1822 in Swansea, probably the son of William Morgan I (51C, PPR).
| 1841 | Guinea Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (15) (41C). |
| 1844 | 11 Mar. St Philip’s parish, the son of William Morgan, a potter, he married Charlotte Jones of St Philip’s parish, the daughter of David Jones, a labourer (PPR). |
| 1850-51 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | Stoneware potter, 22 Tower Street, Temple parish (29), living with his wife Charlotte (26), born in Temple parish (51C). |
| 1854 | 9 Jul. Kilkenny, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1858 | 28 Feb. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | Whiteware potter, 11 Tower Street, Temple parish, living with his wife Charlotte (36) and children (61C). |
| Children: Edwin (aged 3 wks), bapt 26 May 1850 (PPR), Philip (aged 3 wks), bapt 12 Oct 1851 (PPR), Sarah Ann (aged 5 wks), bapt 9 Jul 1854 (PPR), Charlotte (aged 3 wks), bapt 28 Feb 1858 (PPR), Emily, born c1860 in Temple parish (61C) |
MORGAN John II
| 1871 | 18 Jun. Upper Cheese Lane, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Florence Jane (born 23 Apr 1871). Wife Mary Ann (PPR). |
| 1891 | Probably the John Morgan, aged 44, a carter, who was living with his wife Mary Ann and children, including Florence J. Morgan (20), at Russ Street, St Philip’s parish (91C). |
MORGAN John III
Born c1865 in Staffordshire, the son of William Morgan IV and the father of Florence and William Morgan VII (11C).
| 1901 | General labourer, 2 Atlas Street, St Philip’s parish (35), living with his wife Eliza (35) and children (01C). |
| 1902 | 29 Nov. ‘At Bristol Police Court, John Morgan, employed at Messrs Pountney’s Pottery, was summoned by Capt. Bevan, Inspector of Factories, for breach of the special rules for earthenware works, in that he took a dirty board from the dipping-house to the decorating-room, the board being covered in white lead, in contravention of Rule 21 of the special rules of the Factories and Workshops Act 1881. He pleaded guilty and having been previously cautioned, the magistrates fined him 10s and 10s costs’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1911 | Kiln man, 37 Station Avenue, Fishponds (46), living with his wife Eliza (46), born in Temple parish, and children Florence (19), William (16), Alice (11), Ivy (8), Bertie (6), all born in St Philip’s parish, and Gertrude (3), born in Grove Road, Fishponds (11C). |
MORGAN Susan
Born c1827 in Temple parish (61C).
| 1861 | Transferer at whiteware pottery, 3 Little Avon Street, Temple parish (34), living with her son William (11) born in Temple parish and the potter Maria Almerack (61C). |
MORGAN William I
The son of John Morgan of ‘Lanhadden’ (probably Llawhadden), Pembrokeshire, farm worker (A).
| 1709 | 25 Oct. He was apprenticed to Mary Orchard (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1715 | He stood surety of £5 for John Jones to keep an alehouse in St Nicholas parish (AKL). |
| 1716 | He stood surety of £5 for William Browne to keep an alehouse in St Nicholas parish (AKL). |
MORGAN William II
Born c1801, not in Bristol, probably the father of John Morgan I (41C, PPR).
| 1841 | Avon Street, Temple parish (40) living with his wife Elizabeth (40) not born in Bristol, and children (41C). |
| 1844 | 11 Mar. Noted as a potter when his son (probably) John Morgan I, a potter, of St Philip’s parish, married Charlotte Jones (PPR). |
| 1846 | 9 Feb. Noted as a potter when his daughter Sarah married George Auckland (PPR). |
| Children: John, born c1822 in Swansea (possibly his son) (51C), William, born c1826, not in Bristol (41C), Sarah, born c1826, not in Bristol (41C), James, born c1836, not in Bristol (41C) |
MORGAN William III
Born c1809 in Somerset (51C).
| 1851 | Pottery labourer, 7 Providence Place, St Mary Redcliffe parish (42) living with his wife Mary (40), born in Bristol (51C). |
| 1861 | Labourer at Pottery, 8 Rowley Place, St Mary Redcliffe parish (53), living with his wife Mary (52) born in St Mary Redcliffe parish (61C). |
MORGAN William IV
Born c1836 in St Paul’s, the husband of Eliza Morgan, the father of William Morgan V and son-in-law of Edward Raby (HTPR, 61C, 71C).
| 1857 | 1 Jun. Park Street (21) a ‘printer’ the son of John Morgan, a painter and glazier, he married Eliza Raby (21) a painter of Park Street, the daughter of Edward Raby, a potter (HTPR). |
| 1861 | Earthenware printer, Melsom’s Building, Temple parish (24), living with his wife Eliza (24) earthenware printer, born in Staffordshire (61C). |
| 1861 | 19 Oct. Probably the William Morgan, employed at the Bristol Pottery, who was charged with stealing a pair of boots. The evidence suggested he had bought the boots and he was discharged (Western Daily Press). |
| 1871 | Earthenware printer, 21 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (35), living with his wife Eliza (36) warehouse woman, born in Hanley, Staffordshire, and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Printer at pottery, 2 Brights Court, Rose Alley, Temple parish (43), living with his wife Eliza (42) and children, including William (17), a potter’s labourer (81C). |
| 1891 | His wife was a widow (91C). |
| Children: William, born c1863 in Temple parish (71C, 81C), John, born c1865 in Staffordshire (71C) (1881 census says born Temple parish) |
MORGAN William V
Born c1863 in Temple parish, the son of William Morgan IV and grandson of Edward Raby and the husband of Elizabeth Kate Morgan (71C, 91C).
| 1881 | Potter’s labourer, 2 Brights Court, Rose Alley, Temple parish (17), living with his parents William III and Eliza Morgan (81C). |
| 1891 | Printer [earthenware printer?], 1 Pile Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (29), living with his wife Elizabeth Kate (29), transferer, born in Bristol, and children Florence (4) and Laura (1), both born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | Dock labourer, 4 Pump Court, Temple parish (38), living with his wife Elizabeth (38), and children Florence (14), Laura (11) and William (9) (01C). |