Bristol Potters - P

Research by Reg Jackson

POTTERY William

See also the Potteries List section for the Limekiln Lane Potteries 1 and 2.

Limekiln Lane Pottery 1
William Pottery and John Weaver succeeded Henry Hobbs at the Limekiln Lane Pottery 1. Hobbs had vacated the premises early in 1723.

1724-34

William Pottery and John Weaver were in partnership at the Limekiln Lane Pottery 1.

John Weaver died in 1734 and in the same year William Pottery moved to Limekiln Lane Pottery 2. The Limekiln Lane Pottery 1 was taken over by Charles Christopher.

Limekiln Lane Pottery 2

1734-39

William Pottery ran the Limekiln Lane Pottery 2.

Limekiln Lane Pottery 2 became ‘void’ in 1739 and never operated again as a Pottery.

The son of Lawrence Pottery of Yatton, Somerset, a cordwainer (A).

1707	28 Mar. He was apprenticed to Woods Rogers and co-partners, ‘to be educated in the art of pottmaking, etc.’. He was to provide himself with meat, drink, clothing, washing, lodging and all other necessities. In consequence his master was to allow him 13 shillings per annum, to be paid quarterly for the first three years, and 15 shillings for the last four to be paid in like manner (A, Ar).
1715	20 Jun. He became a free potmaker (F, G).
1722	Potmaker, St Michael’s parish (P).
1723	3 Jan. ‘William Pottry potter [crossed out] infant St Michael’s’ buried (RB).
1726	14 Feb. He was described as a white potter (A, Ao, Ar).
1727	11 Nov. A potter of St Augustine’s parish, he was granted a licence to marry Ann Edwards of Clifton, at Clifton. Bondsman: Edward Edwards of Clifton, shipwright (M).
1730-31	He was described as a potter or ‘pottmaker’ of Cow or Limekiln Lane (A, Ao, Ar).
1731	28 Mar. ‘Ann, wf. of Wm. Pottery, potter, St Augustine’ buried (RB).
1731	23 Sep. ‘Henry Jones agst. John Barton potter att Mr Potteryes under Brandon Hill’ (C).
1732	6 Apr. ‘John Arnoll agst. Charles Edwards at Mr Potteryes Brandon Hill’ (C).
1733	15 Feb. ‘Paul Townsend agt. John Burton potter at Mr Potterys under Brandon Hill’ (C).
1733-35	He was described as a potmaker of Cow Lane (A, Ao, Ar).
1734	Potmaker, St Augustine’s parish (P).
1734	14 Nov. ‘Richard Smith agt. George Nowlton potter at potterys under Brandon Hill’ (C).
1739	Potmaker, St Augustine’s parish (P).
1742	21 Jun. He was buried at St Augustine’s church (Ancestry website).
	Apprentices: With wife Ann: Thomas Martin, 31 Dec 1730 (A, Ao, Ar) William Brown, 4 May 1731 (A, Ao, Ar)-15 Oct 1739 (F, G) John Heyfield II, 20 Jul 1731 (A, Ao, Ar)-7 Nov 1739 (G) John Brown, 22 Sep 1731 (A, Ao, Ar)-7 Nov 1739 (F)Alone: John Prewett, 14 Feb 1726 (A, Ao, Ar) John Pottery, 7 Jun 1733 (A, Ar) Francis Morgan, 9 Jun 1733 (A, Ao, Ar) Benjamin Brinton, 31 Jul 1735 (A, Ao, Ar)
	Rate and tax book entries: Property 1: Limekiln Lane Pottery 1 1728/29 ‘Pottery and Weaver for the Potthouse’ (St Augustine’s-LS) Rates were also being paid by the owner of the land and Pottery, Joan Bayley.Property 2: Limekiln Lane Pottery 2 [25 Mar 1734-29 Sep 1734 ‘Mr Pottery, dwelling house, pothouse, etc’ Cow Lane (St Augustine’s-L) 1734/5 ‘Mr Pottery’s New Pothouse & dwelling ho’ Cow Lane (St Augustine’s-L) The rates were then paid by the owner of the land and Pottery, Mr Grimsteed. [29 Sep 1738-25 Mar 1739 ‘Wm Pottery for Pothouse’ Cow and Limekiln Lane (St Augustine’s-L) 25 Mar 1739-25 Mar 1740 ‘Wm Pottery for Pothouse void’ Cow and Limekiln Lane (St Augustine’s-L)

POUNSBURY James H.

Born c1817 in Bristol (51C).

1851	Clerk at an earthenware factory, 6 Redcliff Parade, St Mary Redcliffe parish (34), living with his sister Helen Bradford (21) born in Dudley, Worcestershire, who acted as his housekeeper (51C).

POUNTNEY Charlotte Fayle

See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.

The Pottery had previously been run by John Decimus Pountney, her husband, who died in December 1852.

1853-72

Charlotte Fayle Pountney ran the Water Lane Pottery.

In 1857 someone called ‘Edwards’ became a partner, the firm trading as Pountney, Edwards & Co. until 1858.

Charlotte Fayle Pountney died in November 1872 and the Pottery was taken over by Halsted Sayer Cobden.

Born c1806 in Corfe, Dorset, she was the wife of John Decimus Pountney.

1851-53	J.D. Pountney, for the manufacture of all sorts of plain and ornamental earthenware, Water Lane (MD).
1853	22 Jan. ‘Notice is hereby given that the Bristol Pottery, carried on for nearly forty years by the late Mr John D. Pountney, will in future be conducted under the firm of “Mr J.D. Pountney and Co”, by his widow, Mrs Charlotte Fayle Pountney, who respectfully solicits a continuance of the kind support so many years conferred on her late husband’ (Bristol Mercury).
1853	13 Aug. ‘George Berry was charged with stealing six plates from the premises of Messrs Pountney of Temple Back. The manager of the pottery last evening observed the prisoner act in a way that excited his suspicions, following him from the premises, and having brought him back, found plates in his pockets, they were then warm as they came from the kiln’ (Bristol Mercury).
1854-57	J.D. Pountney & Co., for the manufacture of all sorts of plain and ornamental earthenware, Water Lane (MD).
1854	16 Sep. ‘We have much pleasure in announcing that Messrs J.D. Pountney & Co. of the Bristol Pottery, have resolved to confer the half-holiday privilege on the numerous workpeople in their employ, by closing their establishment for the future at one o’clock on Saturdays’ (Bristol Mercury).
1855	19 May. Robert Wilson, aged 10 years, was charged with stealing lead, the property of Mrs Pountney of the pottery. The child’s father worked at the pottery. Case was dismissed (Bristol Mercury).
1855	13 Oct. William Dodd was charged with stealing iron, the property of Mrs Pountney, of the Bristol Pottery, and Stephen Dunford, a smith, residing in Water Lane, was charged with receiving the same. Lock was employed at the factory as a haulier, and Dunford did the smiths’ work there. Both prisoners were remanded (Bristol Mercury).
1857	15 Aug. ‘The Bristol Pottery, Temple Back. Pountney, Edwards & Co. (late J.D. Pountney & Co), respectfully inform the nobility, gentry and inhabitants of Bristol, Clifton and the vicinities that they have fitted up a spacious showroom, at their manufactory, with a choice and varied assortment of porcelain & earthenware comprising patterns and designs of the most recherche description in dinner and dessert services, toilet, tea and breakfast sets, together with a carefully selected stock of useful goods which will enable visitors to purchase direct from the manufactory, and at the same time afford them an opportunity of inspecting the Working Department of one of the most ancient and interesting of all manufactures. The manufactory is open daily for the inspection of visitors’ (Bristol Mercury).
1858	Pountney, Edwards & Co., earthenware manufacturers, Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs (MD).
1859-72	Pountney & Co., manufacturer of plain and ornamental earthenware, Bristol Pottery, Temple Back (MD).
1859	19 Feb. ‘For sale, a good, useful cob, stands 14½ hands high, good in saddle or harness. To be seen at the Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs’ (Bristol Mercury).
1860	11 Jul. ‘To engine drivers and fitters. Wanted, a competent and steady man to take charge of a steam engine and apparatus belonging to a potter’s mill. Unexceptionable references as to character and ability required. Apply at the Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs’ (Western Daily Press).
1862	8 Feb. ‘Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs … Pountney & Company, continue to supply earthenware wholesale and for exportation. Pountney & Co. had no connection with the Bristol Pottery sold by auction a few days ago’ (Bristol Mercury).
1862	28 Jun. Two boys, Robert Smith and James Allen, were charged with stealing 45 pounds of lead from the Bristol Pottery (Bristol Mercury).
1863	5 Dec. Two boys, James and Thomas Hutchings, were charged with stealing iron from the Bristol Pottery. The younger prisoner, James, was discharged, but the other was sentenced to six weeks hard labour (Bristol Mercury).
1864	13 Sep. ‘To builders and others. Dry rubble may be constantly had at the Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs, and three pence per ton will be given for hauling it away’ (Western Daily Press).
1865	Exhibition Catalogue. Pountney (workpeople in employ of), Potter, Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs – various articles and designs in Pottery Ware (Bristol Tracts BRL B1023).
1866	22 Aug. ‘An accident of a serious character happened to William Geale, one of the engineers at the Bristol Pottery. He was engaged in adjusting the pumps of the engine, and incautiously placed his hand in one of the chambers of a pump to ease the chain of the bucket, having previously given the order to start. His hand was drawn into and jammed against the chamber. The engine was at once stopped but the limb was fixed so fast that it could not be extricated until a half-hundred weight had been forced down upon the bucket’. He was taken to the General Hospital where his injuries were found to be very severe, although amputation was not considered necessary’ (Western Daily Press).
1867	29 Jun. ‘The Bristol Pottery. Messrs G.C. Ashmead & Son have been instructed by the Executors of the late Proprietor to offer for sale by public auction … on Thursday the 4th day of July … all that well-established, extensive and valuable freehold earthenware pottery known as the Bristol Pottery, with the plant, stock, etc, of the same, situate in Water Lane and Temple Backs … and also all that lifehold wharf, yard and buildings, used with the pottery, and separated therefrom by the public road. The property comprises: a foreman’s house and another dwelling house, flint, slip and enamel kilns, biscuit and glost ovens, steam engine, fixtures, moulds, etc., and all the requisites for carrying on an extensive business capable of being extended at a small cost. To view the property apply to Mr Clowes, the Manager …’ (Bristol Mercury).
1867	6 Jul. ‘The Bristol Pottery. This valuable property, containing an area of nearly an acre and a half, not having been sold by auction this day, may be treated for by private contract. The premises are so extensive that portions of them may easily be converted to other businesses if desired. Price, including all machinery, fittings and fixtures mentioned in the particulars, but excepting the manufactured and unmanufactured stock-in-trade and materials, £15,000’ (Bristol Mercury).
1871	Charlotte Pountney, annuitant, widow, The Shrubbery, Pucklechurch (65), living with her children William Joseph (22) and Lucy E. (21), both born in Clifton, and servants Jemima Wall (23) and Henry Wilton (10) (71C).
1871	28 Jan. ‘To builders and lime burners. Ashes to be given away, at the Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs’ (Bristol Mercury).
1872	‘Pountney & Co., Temple Back Potteries, was established in Bristol as early as the time of Edward I. The pottery on Temple Backs was established probably after 1787, the tablet on the premises, however, states 1750. The works were commenced by a Mr King [sic]; they afterwards passed into the hands of a Mr Carter, from whom they were purchased by the late Mr Pountney, 1822. White earthenware only is manufactured which is composed of calcined flints, feldspar, Devonshire clay, and china clay from Cornwall. About 250 hands are employed and about 5000 tons of coals, and 3000 tons of flints, clay, etc., are consumed annually’ (‘Illustrated Handbook to Bristol, Clifton and Neighbourhood, 1872).
1872	Charlotte Fayle Pountney died in Clifton, aged 65 and was buried on 8 Nov. 1872 at Henbury (Ancestry website).

POUNTNEY John Decimus

See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.

The Pottery had previously been run by Henry Carter & Company (which comprised Henry Carter and Joseph Ring II). In April 1813 John Decimus Pountney entered into partnership with Carter and Ring.

1813-52

John Decimus Pountney ran the Water Lane Pottery.

Joseph Ring died in May 1813 and a new partnership was formed between Carter and Pountney. The partnership between Carter and Pountney was dissolved in October 1815. Pountney then ran the Pottery alone until 1816 when he entered into a partnership with Edwin Allies, the firm trading as Pountney & Allies. The partnership with Allies was dissolved in March 1835 and Pountney again ran the Pottery alone. Pountney formed a partnership with Gabriel Goldney in December 1836, the firm trading as Pountney & Goldney. The partnership with Goldney ended in 1850 and once again Pountney ran the Pottery alone.

Pountney died in December 1852 and the Pottery was hen taken over by his wife, Charlotte Fayle Pountney.

1789	5 Apr. He was born at Endcliffe in Henbury parish (Pountney 1920).
1790	13 Jan. He was baptised at Henbury, the son of William and Mary Pountney. (William was a surgeon at Henbury and Mary was Mary Heath; they had married at St James’s church on 10 January 1775).
1813	5 Apr. A deed of partnership between Henry Carter of Bristol, manufacturer of earthenware … Joseph Ring of Bristol, manufacturer of earthenware … and John Decimus Pountney of Bristol, manufacturer of earthenware … Henry Carter together with Joseph Ring having for some years past carried on the trade of manufacturers of printed, painted enamelled, and cream coloured earthenware under the name of Henry Carter & Co. in premises the exclusive property of Henry Carter situated in Water Lane. They accepted J.D. Pountney as co-partner. Assets of the pottery valued at £11,425.4s.11d. The firm to be called Carter, Ring & Pountney (BRO 20165/1).
1813	10 Apr. ‘Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs. Henry Carter and Joseph Ring, under the firm of ‘Henry Carter & Co’ having formed a connexion with John Decimus Pountney, beg leave to inform their Friends and the Public that their Manufactory will for the future be carried on under the firm of ‘Carter, Ring & Pountney’. They manufacture Porcelain, Egyptian, blue printed and enamelled Table Ware, and every article requisite for the various Foreign Markets, and for the Home Trade. Export Orders to any extent shipped immediately’ (FFJ).
1813	10 Jul. ‘Bristol Pottery and Earthenware Manufactory, Temple-Backs. The Firm of Carter, Ring & Pountney, being dissolved by the death of Mr Joseph Ring, the manufactory is continued by Henry Carter and John Decimus Pountney, under the firm of ‘Carter & Pountney’ who manufacture Porcelain, Black Egyptian, Blue printed and enamelled Table Services, and every article requisite for the home and export trade. Crates calculated for all the Foreign Markets ready to be shipped immediately; also, small family Crates for domestic use forwarded to order’ (FFJ).
1813	7 Dec. John Decimus Pountney, potter, Temple £15.15s.0d. Paid 15 Jan 1814. His father a free burgess but not at the time a resident the petitioner born out of the liberties of the city (PF).
1814	26 Jan. The partnership deed between Carter, Ring and Pountney was endorsed following the death of Joseph Ring II, the firm to be known as Carter and Pountney (BRO 20165/1).
1814-16	Carter & Pountney, manufacturers of printed, painted, enamelled and cream coloured earthenwares, Water Lane, Temple Back. Pottery Coal Wharf, Temple Back (MD).
1815	28 Oct. ‘Partnerships dissolved: Carter & Pountney of Bristol, earthenware dealers’ (FFJ).
1815-52	Pountney & Co., Pountney & Allies and Pountney & Goldney were exporting earthenware to Cork, Waterford, Dublin, Limerick, Guernsey, Jersey, Ostend, Hamburg, Bayonne, Malta, Gijon (Spain), Corunna, Bilbao, Rivadero (Spain), Viana (Spain), Lisbon, Santander, Oporto, St Ubes (Portugal), Naples, Palermo, Livorno (Italy), St Kitts, Nevis, Jamaica, Barbados, St Vincent, St Michaels (probably now Bridgetown), Trinidad, Antigua, Tobago, Grenada, St Thomas, Demerara, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Charleston, New York, New Orleans, Quebec, Montreal, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Rio de Janeiro, Camina (possibly Chile), Coast of Africa, Mauritius, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Adelaide and Port Phillip (PB-EXP).
1816	6 Jul. ‘Committed to Newgate: Thomas Drew, charged with having feloniously broken open the counting-house of Messrs Pountney & Allies, on Temple Backs, and stealing several articles thereout’ (FFJ). 20 Jul. ‘Quarter Sessions tried: Thomas Drew for stealing gold and silver coin, etc value £3.3s’ (FFJ).
1817-19	Pountney & Allies, manufacturers of printed, painted, enamelled and cream coloured earthenware, Water Lane, Temple Back (MD).
1819	‘Bristol Pottery. The earthen-ware manufactory, under the name of the Bristol Pottery, is on Temple Back. It is carried on by Messrs Pountney and Allies, has been established several years, and is now on a large and extensive scale giving employment to about 200 men, women, and children. The articles they produce are similar to those of Mr. Wedgwood’s, and the other superior potteries of Staffordshire, and constitute, in addition to the home trade, a considerable article of export to all the foreign markets. They grind their materials by means of a large and powerful steam-engine, and the various processes of forming the ware, of the glazing, of the printing, the painting, the enamelling, etc. are peculiarly curious and interesting. Admission may be had by application to the proprietors at the counting-house on the premises’ (MD).
1819	22 Feb. The firm of Pountney and Allies put their name to a petition to Parliament requesting that a tax was not put on coal (Bristol Mercury).
1820-35	Pountney & Allies, manufacturer of all sorts of plain and ornamental earthenware, Water Lane, Temple Back (MD).
1821	He bought from Henry Carter the whole of the freehold of the Water Lane portion of the pottery and also the Robert Ring portion (Pountney 1920).
1822-30	J.D. Pountney, 13 Portland Square (MD).
1823	Survey and valuation of Temple: Temple Backs Proprietor: J. D. Pountney, Occupier: Pountney & Allies Dwelling house and pottery (BRO Temple AJ2).
1826	25 Mar. ‘Thursday evening, about 9 o’clock, part of the roof of the Bristol Pottery was discovered to be on fire; but by the judicious and prompt exertions of the foreman and seven men, the flames were fortunately subdued, without the assistance of the fire engine’ (Bristol Mercury).
1832	Potter, Pottery and counting house, Water Lane, Temple parish (P).
1835	28 Mar. ‘Notice is hereby given that the Partnership subsisting between … John Decimus Pountney and Edwin Allies in the business of Potters … under the firm of Pountney and Allies is this day dissolved by mutual consent …’ (BRO 20165/2).
1836	J.D. Pountney, for the manufacture of all sorts of plain and ornamental earthenware, Water Lane, Temple Back (MD).
1836	Redcliff Ward, John Decimus Pountney, Pottery Water Lane (WL).
1836	20 Dec. A partnership was formed between J.D. Pountney and Gabriel Goldney (Pountney 1920).
1836	Redcliffe Ward, J.D. Pountney, Pottery, Water Lane (WL).
1837	Temple Back, Temple parish (P).
1837-50	Pountney & Goldney, manufacturer of all sorts of plain and ornamental earthenware, Water Lane, Temple Back (MD).
1838	10 Nov. Mr Pountney of the Pottery, Temple Backs, was elected an Alderman of the City of Bristol (Bristol Mercury).
1840	Redcliffe Ward, John Decimus Pountney, Warehouse Temple Back (WL).
1841	Manufacturer, Richmond Villas, Clifton (52), living with his wife Susan (50), not born in county, and servants Susan Green (30) and Sarah Jenkins (20) (41C).
1841	Earthenware manufacturer, Temple Back, Temple parish (P).
1841	The evidence of John Cooper, aged 38, then employed by Messrs C. & W. Harvey, Longton, Staffordshire: ‘I have been employed in the dipping-house 30 years – as a carrier and brusher when a boy, and as a dipper since for 10 years, and subsequently a fireman for 12 years. I am a father of a family; have three daughters; if I had a son I would not bring him to the dipping-tub, because I would rather that he should live. When I worked at Bristol I knew four cases of death in the dipping-house of Mr Allies (now Mr Gowney’s [probably Goldney’s]); they used more arsenic then than they do now; I don’t think this pernicious metal is used in the potteries now, but there is a good deal of lead …’ (A Report by Samuel Scrivens, Esq., on the Employment of Children and Young Persons in the District of the Staffordshire Potteries. This report was the result of a Commission set up by the House of Commons to inquire into the state of children employed in the mines and manufactories. It was written in 1841 and published in 1843).
1842	13 Sep. His first wife, Susanna Fisher died. There were no children from this marriage.
1843	24 Jun. The partnership between Pountney and Gabriel Goldney was extended for 7 years. Pountney held 75% of the business, Goldney 25% (BRO 20165/3).
1844	29 Jun. He married Charlotte Fayle Willis at Corfe Castle, Dorset.
1844	14 Dec. ‘Messrs Pountney and Goldney have much pleasure in drawing the attention of the public to the manufacture of encaustic inlaid glazed and plain tiles, from the celebrated works at Worcester, for the sale of which they have accepted agency, and will receive orders from the proprietors, Messrs Fleming St John, G. Barr and Company. These beautiful tiles, being subjected to a very high degree of fire, and glazed (in imitation of the best ancient specimens), are perfectly impervious to wet or damp, free from dust, and easily cleaned. They are in much demand for churches, halls, conservatories, dairies, etc, etc. For specimens and prices apply at the Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs’ (Bristol Times).
1845	Redcliffe Ward, John Decimus Pountney, House Temple Back (WL).
1845	17 May. ‘Francis Jewell was charged with stealing 19 cheese plates from the Bristol Pottery, the property of Messrs Pountney and Goldney’ (Bristol Times).
1845	2 Jul. Manufacturer, Freshford Villa, Richmond Hill, Clifton (TPR).
1845	15 Nov. ‘Lease … granted to J.D. Pountney, potter … ground used as a coal yard and wharf, etc., in occupation of J.D. Pountney and Gabriel Goldney his partner in trade …’ (BRO 00206). On 5 November 1853 the lease was transferred to Charlotte Fayle Pountney of Clifton, widow, on the life of John Willis Pountney, aged 6 … (BRO 00206).
1847	Manufacturer, Richmond Hill (P).
1849	26 Mar. Manufacturer, 9 Richmond Hill, Clifton (TPR).
1850	24 Apr. Manufacturer, 9 Richmond Hill, Clifton (TPR).
1850	12 Oct. Gabriel Goldney was recorded as the Governor of the Corporation of the Poor in Bristol. He stated that in consequence of the dissolution of the partnership at the Bristol Pottery he was going into the north of England, but that he was not, at present, going to remove his family from Bristol (Bristol Times).
1851	Potter employing 80 men, 60 women and 50 children, 9 Richmond Hill, Clifton (61), born Henbury, Gloucestershire. Wife: Charlotte (45) born Corfe, Dorset. Children: Mary A. (5), John (3), William (2), Lucy (4) all born in Clifton. Niece: Susan Barrett (17) born Hazlebury, Somerset. Servants: Susan Brinton (34), Mary Moss (18), Mary Hordle (22), Sophia Marks (23) (51C).
1851	Temple Survey: Owner: Pountney, Occupier: Pountney & Goldney, Yard & sheds; House & pottery, Temple Backs (BRO 04250(1)).
1851-53	J.D. Pountney, for the manufacturer of all sorts of plain and ornamental earthenware, Water Lane (MD).
1852	31 Jan. Bristol Atheneum, Grand Soiree at the Victoria Rooms. Decorating the hall were ‘delicately made flower baskets, with flowers, etc, formed of Parian clay, and having all the appearance of having been cut out of the finest marble. These were the manufacture of J.D. Pountney, Esq., of the Bristol Pottery, who also exhibited a superb China vase and an imitation Etruscan vase, of great beauty and value’ (Bristol Times).
1852	30 Dec. He died and was buried in Temple churchyard (Pountney 1920). His tombstone still survives.
1853	8 Jan. ‘The late J.D. Pountney, Esq. The remains of this respected gentleman … were interred on Tuesday in the family vault at Temple church. The melancholy cortege consisted of a chariot and pair, a hearse and four richly plumed, and three mourning coaches and pairs. The body was also followed by about sixty of the workmen and apprentices of the deceased (who was proprietor of the Bristol Pottery)’ (Bristol Mercury).
	Apprentices: (All from A, Ao) Abraham Morgan, thrower, 29 Apr 1814 Benjamin Humphries, turner, 29 Apr 1814 Joseph White, turner, 26 Aug 1814 John Hales, 15 Dec 1814 John Harding, turner, 18 Jan 1815 William Davies, enameller, 29 Mar 1815 Abraham Grimes, turner, 29 Mar 1815 William Hales, presser, 29 Mar 1815 William Wall, turner, 31 May 1815 Frederick Chappel, turner, 11 Oct 1815 Thomas Davis, presser, 11 Oct 1815 John Cross, thrower, 16 Nov 1815 Samuel Cross, 16 Nov 1815 James Maish, handler and presser, 16 Nov 1815 Joseph Slade, turner, 17 Feb 1816 George Bye, 23 Sep 1818 James Clark, 1 Oct 1818 George Overend, thrower, 25 Feb 1819 George Lamb, thrower, 25 Feb 1819 Joseph Southerd, thrower, 25 Feb 1819 Henry Maish, enameller, 7 Nov 1820 Henry Clark, enameller, 14 Aug 1821 Thomas Bullock, 23 Sep 1822 William Yandell, 23 Sep 1822 Thomas Harford, 23 Sep 1822 James Preston, 16 Apr 1823 Samuel Aldridge, 16 Apr 1823 Thomas Sweet, 16 Apr 1823 Francis Hollister, 16 Apr 1823 Edward Arbour, 16 Apr 1823 John Justice, 16 Apr 1823 Thomas Page, 16 Apr 1823 Thomas Page, 16 Apr 1823 Samuel Stiles, 24 Oct 1825 William Stephens, 24 Oct 1825 James Short, 11 August 1826 Samuel Shepston, 11 Aug 1826 Henry Allen, 6 Dec 1826 Francis Perry, 12 Dec 1826 Thomas Brion, 16 Jan 1828 William Hill, 16 Jan 1828 James Ford, 28 Mar 1828 John Cousins, 28 Mar 1828 George Mackrell, 5 Sep 1831 Henry Harris, squeezer, 5 Sep 1831 Richard Roberts, squeezer, 5 Sep 1831 John James, handler & squeezer, 7 Oct 1831 Richard Mitchell, handler & squeezer, 7 Oct 1831 William Thomas, 22 Oct 1833 William Harris, 4 Mar 1834 William Porter, 4 Mar 1834 John Sweet, 4 Mar 1834 George Hallett, 10 Mar 1835 Charles Bowden, 10 mar 1835 Henry Hunt, 29 Feb 1836 Robert Goodyer, 29 Feb 1836 James Pritchard, 29 Feb 1836 William Pring, 29 Feb 1836 Charles Smith, 1 Jun 1836 Edward Maish, 1 Jun 1836 William Marks, 10 Oct 1836 John Roberts, 10 Oct 1836 Henry Porter, 10 Oct 1836 John Bryan, 9 Jan 1837 William Fifoot, 9 Jan 1837 Charles Martin, 11 Oct 1837 James Ford, 11 Oct 1837 Edwin Richmond, 11 Oct 1837 William Pode, turner, 29 Jan 1838 Thomas Gibbs II, 29 Jan 1838 Thomas Harris, 2 Jun 1838 Frederick Shaw, 6 Jun 1838 John Emdin, 12 Jun 1838 Henry Rowney, squeezer, 16 Sep 1839 George Coggins, handler, 16 Sep 1839 Henry Price, turner, 12 Mar 1844 Daniel Palmer, saucer maker, 12 Mar 1844 George Marsh, thrower, 12 Mar 1844 John Hodgson, plate maker, 12 Mar 1844 William Webster, plate maker, 12 Mar 1844 Henry Smith, presser, 12 Mar 1844 William Richmond, presser, 31 Aug 1846
	Rate book entries: Property 1 1822-35 Messrs Pountney & Allies for Manufactory Water Lane (Temple-H,Wa) 25 Mar 1830-25 Mar 1831 Pountney & Co. tenements and pottery Water Lane (Temple-PR, etc)Property 2 1822-35 Messrs Pountney & Allies coal yard Borough Walls/Temple Back (Temple-H,Wa)
	Children: Wife Charlotte Fayle Mary Ann, bapt 2 Jul 1845 (TPR), John Willis, born c1848 (51C, BRO 00206), William Joseph, bapt 26 Mar 1849 (TPR), Lucy Elizabeth, bapt 24 Apr 1850 (TPR)

POWDE Frederick

Born c1826, not in Bristol (41C).

1841	Apprentice potter, South Place Back, nr. Redcliff Building, St Mary Redcliffe parish (15) (41C).

POWELL Benjamin

Born c1824 in Bristol, the son of William Powell and the brother of Septimus and William Augustus Frederick Powell (61C).

1838	27 Feb. He was apprenticed to his parents William and Constance Powell (A).
1841	Apprentice glass manufacturer, Temple Gate, St Mary Redcliffe parish (15), living with his father William Powell (50), glass manufacturer and mother Constance (41C).
1854	21 Jan. He was left an annuity of fifty pounds for a period of 7 years in his father’s will on the express condition that he did not ‘come to inhabit or reside at or within twenty miles of the City of Bristol’ (PRO Prob 11/2195).
1861	Glass bottle manufacturer, 6 Desborough Place, Paddington, London (37), living with his wife Martha (30), born in Whitchurch, and children Constance (9), born in Manchester, Florence (1) and Edith (4 mths), both born in London (61C).

POWELL Boon

1739	2 Nov. He became a free potter as he was the son of John Powell, saddler, deceased (F, G).
1739	Potter, Temple parish (P).
1743	21 Apr. Ann, daughter of ‘Booney Powell’ baptised (RPR).
1745	Ann, wife of Boon Powell of St Mary Redcliffe parish, potter, received £1 from John Whitson’s Charity for poor women in child bed (JW).
1747 & 1752	Ann, wife of Boon Powell of St Mary Redcliffe parish, potter, received £1 from John Whitson’s Charity for poor women in child bed (JW).
1754	Potter, Temple parish (P).
1754	5 Jun. ‘Information of Boon Powell, servant to Thomas Cantle, potter, against Mary Spragot, wife of Robert Spragot, soldier, for theft of several pieces of timber’ (BRO Wooden Box 1754 Bundle 2 No.10).
1757	Thomas Ward II, potter, stood surety of £5 for Boon Powell to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL).
1758	Thomas Batten, potter, stood surety of £5 for Boon Powell to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL).
1764	A Boon Powell was landlord of the Blue Bowl alehouse in Temple Street (McGrath & Williams 1979, 7).
1766	9 Mar. Boon Powell buried (TPR).
1774	17 Oct. John Force, cordwainer, became free as he had married Susannah, daughter of Boon Powell, potter, deceased (G).
1774	20 Oct. William Parry, wheelwright, became free as he had married Ann, daughter of Boon Powell, potter, deceased (G).
	Children: Thomas Boon, bapt 17 Sep 1739 (TPR), Ann, bapt 21 Apr 1743 (RPR), Boon, bapt 4 Jul 1747 (TPR), Boon, bapt 1 Aug 1748 (TPR)

POWELL Frederick I

Born c1824 (Ao).

1838	6 Jun. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (Ao).

POWELL Frederick II

Born c1833 in Bristol (71C).

1861	Private, HMS Forward, Esquimalt Harbour, Vancover Island (27) (61C).
1867	20 Jan. Broad Weir, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Amelia Ann (born 2 Dec 1866). Wife Eliza (PPR).
1871	15 Rosemary House, St Paul’s parish (38), living with his wife Eliza Ann (37), born in Gloucestershire, and children Amelia (5) and Ruth H. (2), both born in Bristol (71C).
1881	Potter, 6 Tippett’s Court, St James’s parish (48), living with his wife Eliza (46), born in Tockington, and children Frederick (9), Ruth (11), Sarah Ann (7) and Martha (2), all born in Bristol (81C).

POWELL John

See the Potteries List section for the Temple Gate Pottery.

The Pottery had previously been run by William and Thomas Powell.

1831-32

John Powell ran the Temple Gate Pottery in partnership with his brother, William Powell.

His brother William Powell then ran the Pottery alone.

The brother of William Powell.

1828	Glass merchant and stoneware manufacturer, specification for machinery for making sugar moulds (Patent No. 5657).
1831-32	William & John Powell, brown stone potters, patentees and manufacturers of stone ware sugar moulds, Temple Gate (MD).
1832	House & pottery, Temple Gate (P).
1832	House & pottery, Temple Gate (List of Electors BRO 04736).

POWELL Joseph

Born c1877 in Bedminster, the brother of Laura Powell (91C, 01C).

1891	Works at pottery, 1 Avon Bank Brick Work Cottages, St Philip’s parish (14) (91C).
1901	Potter, 15 Philip Street, St Silas parish (23), living with his parents Thomas, a brickyard labourer, and Sarah, and his sister Laura (01C).

POWELL Laura

Born c1882 in Bristol, the brother of Joseph Powell (01C).

1901	Potter’s assistant, 15 Philip Street, St Silas parish (19), living with her parents and brother Joseph (01C).

POWELL Martha S.

Born c1826 in Bristol (71C).

1861	No occupation, Temple Backs, Temple parish (35), the wife of Frederick, a tide waiter (61C).
1871	Painter at pottery, 2 Bennetts Yard, Temple parish (45), living with her husband Frederick, a pensioner (71C).
1881	Widow, 10 Temple Plain, Temple parish (55), living with her son Francis William (19), a clerk, born in Bristol (81C).
1891	Painter on earthenware, widow, 10 Temple Place, Temple parish (65), living with her son Frederick (28) (91C).
1901	No occupation, 50 Rosebery Park, St Matthew’s parish (75) (01C).

POWELL Mary Ann

Born c1834 in St Philip’s parish (71C).

1871	Assistant at pottery, 3 Pinnell Street, St Philip’s parish (37), living with her husband John, a labourer (71C).
1881	No occupation, 10 Pinnell Street, St Philip’s parish (48), living with her husband, John, labourer (81C).

POWELL Sarah

Born c1891 in Bristol (11C).

1911	Printing transferer, pottery, visiting 16 Grove Park Terrace, Fishponds (20) (11C).

POWELL Septimus

See the Potteries List section for the Temple Gate Pottery.

The Pottery had previously been run by William Powell until his death in 1854.

1855-1906

Septimus Powell and William Frederick Augustus Powell ran the Temple gate Pottery, trading as William Powell & Sons.

Septimus Powell acted as general manager of the Pottery.

Following William Augustus Frederick Powell’s death in 1906, William Powell and Sons amalgamated with Price, Sons and Company in 1907, the firm becoming Price, Powell and Company. The Temple Gate Pottery closed in 1906 and the new firm operated from Price’s premises in St Thomas Street. Price, Powell and Company ceased trading in 1961.

Born c1833 in Bristol, the son of William Powell and the brother of William Frederick Augustus Powell and Benjamin Powell (51C).

1835	27 Jan. Baptised at St Mary Redcliffe church, the son of William and Constance Powell (Ancestry website).
1851	No occupation, Pottery, Temple Gate, St Mary Redcliffe parish (18), living with his mother Constance (60) and siblings Constance (30) and Sarah (25) and servants Elizabeth Standfast (23) and Ann Frogham (21) (51C).
1856-60	William Powell & Sons, brown stone ware, glass bottle and patent sugar mould manufacturer. Sole manufacturer of improved stoneware which is glazed inside and out, resists acid and will not absorb, Temple Gate (MD).
1861	Stoneware manufacturer, employing 50 men and 20 boys, Norland House, Clifton (28), living with his mother Constance (74) and siblings including William A. Powell (47) and his wife Sarah (38) (61C).
1861-1906	William Powell & Sons, improved stone ware, glass bottle and sugar mould manufacturers, Temple Gate (MD, WD).
1871	Master potter, employing 40 men and 20 boys, 5 Cumberland Terrace, Bedminster (38), living with his wife Emily (39), born in Abergavenny, South Wales, and son Arthur (2) born in Bristol, and Harriet Thompson (20) general servant, and Jane Fletcher (20) nursemaid (71C).
1881	Stoneware potter employing 40 men, 14 girls and 3 boys, Villa Flora, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset (48), living with his wife Emily (49) and children Arthur and Constance (9), born in Bristol, and servants Mary Parkhouse (22) and Mary Puddy (21) (81C).
1883	17 Jan. He was described as a stoneware manufacturer when his sons William Hawkins Powell and Arthur Cecil Powell were apprenticed to William Augustus Frederick Powell (Ao).
1901	Potter, stoneware, employer, The Hermitage, Weston-super-Mare (68), living with his wife Emily (69) and children, and Annie Matthews (17) housemaid and Anna Harris (21) cook (01C).
1911	Retired stoneware potter, The Hermitage, Weston-super-Mare (78), living with his wife Emily (79), and children and Ellen Cullimore (26) cook and Mabel Redman (22) housemaid (11C).
1929	27 Mar. Died at The Hermitage, Weston-super-Mare. Probate was granted to his daughter Constance Grace Powell. Effects valued at £17,188.4s.0d (Ancestry website).

POWELL Thomas

See the Potteries List section for the St Thomas Street Pottery 1 and the Temple Gate Pottery.

St Thomas Street Pottery 1
The Pottery had previously been run by W. W. Walker.

1816-30

Thomas Powell ran the St Thomas Street Pottery 1 in partnership with William Powell.

The firm then moved to the Temple Gate Pottery and the St Thomas Street Pottery 1 seems to have gone out of use.

Temple Gate Pottery

1830

Thomas Powell ran the Temple Gate Pottery in partnership with William Powell.

The Pottery was then run by William and John Powell.

He was probably the brother of William Powell.

1816-20	W. & T. Powell, brown stone pottery, Thomas Street (MD).
1820-25	W. & T. Powell, brown stone pottery, Thomas Street, and Stourbridge glass warehouse, Bath Parade, Temple Gate (MD).
1826-29	William & Thomas Powell, Temple Gate, Stourbridge glass warehouse, Thomas Street, brown stone pottery (MD).
1828	Glass merchant and stoneware manufacturer, specification for machinery for making sugar moulds (No. 5657).
1830	William & Thomas Powell, brown stone pottery and Stourbridge glass warehouse, Temple Gate (MD).
1836	Land & buildings, Cheese Lane, St Philip’s parish (WL).

POWELL Thomas Joseph Cookson

1846	1 Jul. He was apprenticed to William Powell (Ao).

POWELL William

See the Potteries List section for the St Thomas Street Pottery 1 and the Temple Gate Pottery.

St Thomas Street Pottery 1
The Pottery had previously been run by W.W. Walker.

1816-30

William Powell ran the St Thomas Street Pottery 1 in partnership with Thomas Powell.

The firm then moved to the Temple Gate Pottery and the St Thomas Street Pottery 1 seems to have gone out of use.

Temple Gate Pottery

1830-54

William Powell ran the Temple Gate Pottery.

After William Powell’s death in 1854 the Pottery was operated by his sons, Septimus Powell as general manager and William Augustus Frederick Powell as superintendent of the stoneware pottery.

Born c1788 in Bristol, the brother of John Powell and probably the brother of Thomas Powell and the father of Septimus Powell, William Augustus Frederick Powell and Benjamin Powell.

1816-20	W. & T.Powell, brown stone pottery, Thomas Street (MD).
1816-30	W. & T. Powell exported stoneware (including stoneware bottles) to Guernsey, Jersey, Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Youghall, Belfast, Limerick, Newry, Londonderry, New York, Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, Sicily, Jamaica and Nevis (PB-EXP).
1818	17 Dec. ‘Court of King’s Bench, 3 December. The King on the prosecution of William and Thomas Powell against Joseph Bright, the younger, William Elbury, John Richmond, John Milsom, Edward Milsom, Joseph Appleford, Thomas Love, Nathaniel Bailey and Joseph Hazard, for a Combination. This cause was heard on Friday before the Magistrates; and the Defendants pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutors in this case were stone-ware manufacturers and the Defendants journeymen potters, with the exception of Joseph Hazard who is clerk to Messrs Hope and Bright, in the same trade. The Defendants Elbury and Richmond worked for the prosecutors, together with one Charles Morgan, who was also in the combination, but admitted a witness. Early in October, the Prosecutors, had a dispute with the Defendant Elbury about some work when the latter was discharged; in consequence of which, Richmond and Morgan struck, declaring they would not work unless Elbury was taken back upon his own terms. They were supported in their combination by the other Defendants. On the 26th October a general meeting was called by regular summonses, of the Jorneymen Potters; at which meeting the Defendant Hazard drew up an agreement and the rest signed it, restricting any of the defendants from offering to work for the Prosecutors until the three men who had left were taken back. The hearing of the case took up between three and four hours; when the Magistrates found the Defendants guilty, and sentenced them to one month’s imprisonment in Bridewell’ (BG).
1821-25	W. & T.Powell, brown stone pottery, Thomas Street and Stourbridge glass warehouse, Bath Parade, Temple Gate (MD).
1822	9 Jan. ‘Messrs Powells Stone Potter, Thomas St., for suffering a waggon and a quantity of empty crates to remain in Thomas St.’ (BRO 05059(1)).
1823	8 Mar. William Powell suffered a quantity of rubbish to remain on Alfred Hill for night (BRO 05059(1)).
1826-29	William & Thomas Powell, Temple Gate, Stourbridge glass warehouse, Thomas Street, brown stone pottery (MD).
1828	T., W., & J. Powell’s specification for machinery for making sugar moulds (Patent No. 5657).
1830	Alfred Hill, St James’s parish (P).
1830	30 Mar. ‘William and Thomas Powell beg to inform their friends and the public, that they have removed their stoneware pottery from Thomas Street, to their premises at Temple Gate, where they solicit a continuance of their favours’ (Bristol Mercury).
1831-32	William & John Powell, brown stone ware potters, patentees and manufacturers of stone ware sugar moulds (MD).
1831-32	William and John Powell exported stoneware (including bottles) to Limerick, Cork, Waterford, Belfast, Dublin, Limerick, Newry, Guernsey, Jersey, New York, Madeira and Jamaica (PB-EXP).
1832	21 Jul. Stoneware potter, Temple Gate (Ao).
1832	Alfred Hill, St James’s parish (house & pottery, Temple Gate) (P).
1832	House & pottery, Temple Gate (List of Electors BRO 04736).
1833-35	William Powell, brown stone ware, glass bottle and patent sugar mould manufacturer, Temple Gate (MD).
1833-55	W. Powell, Powell & Co. and Powell Brothers exported stoneware (including bottles) to Belfast, Cork, Waterford, Dublin, Limerick, Londonderry, Wexford, Jersey, Guernsey, Madeira, Lisbon, Barbados, Demerara, New York, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, Bombay, Port Philip and Melbourne (PB-EXP).
1833	William Powell & Co. paid £80.3s.9d duty on their manufacture of stone bottles (from the ‘Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Management and Collection of the Excise Revenue [on] Stone Bottles and Sweets, London, 1834’).
1833	31 Aug. ‘Spacious premises in St Thomas Street to be let. A dwelling-house, yard, warehouse, etc, etc, situated in Thomas Street, formerly occupied as a stoneware pottery, and now ready for immediate occupation either as a pottery, or for any other business where room is required; there is a good supply of water. A lease would be granted to a respectable tenant’ (Bristol Mercury).
1835	Alfred Hill, St James’s parish (P).
1836-55	William Powell, brown stone ware, glass bottle and patent sugar mould manufacturer, inventor and sole manufacturer of the improved stoneware which is glazed inside and out with a glaze warranted to resist acids, and will not absorb, Temple Gate (MD).
1836	Land & buildings, Cheese Lane, St Philip’s parish (WL).
1837	Alfred Hill, St James’s parish (P).
1838	15 May. Stoneware potter, Temple Gate (Ao).
1839	11 May. Mr W. Powell appeared to answer a complaint of a lad named John Cogdell for assaulting him. The complainant said that he worked at the defendant’s pottery in Temple Street. The complainant had been accused of stealing money and was taken to the counting house, where Mr Powell was sitting. He denied the accusation whereupon Mr Powell snatched a stick and struck him several times, inflicting a severe wound in his head, the effects of which had kept him in bed for four days. Richard Haynes, a workman at the pottery, attested to the violence of the assault. Mr Powell was fined 20s and costs’ (Bristol Times).
1841	Glass manufacturer, Temple Gate, St Mary Redcliffe parish (50), living with his wife Constance (50) and son Benjamin (15) (41C).
1841	10 Feb & 1 Dec. Stoneware potter, Temple Gate (Ao).
1841	27 Nov. ‘Samuel Stiles, charged with stealing a stoneware fountain, the property of Mr Powell, Temple Gate Pottery, was discharged, no one appearing to press the case’ (Bristol Times).
1846	1 Jul. Glass bottle manufacturer and stoneware potter, Temple Street (Ao).
1851	Glass manufacturer and merchant, visiting Union Inn, Union Street, Birmingham (63) (51C).
1852	Temple Gate, Temple parish (P).
1853	12 Nov. ‘Stoneware potters – wanted two or three good throwers in the above trade. Apply to Mr Powell, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1854	21 Jan. Described as a glass bottle manufacturer and stoneware potter in his will. He left the following bequests: To his brother John Powell and sons William Augustus Frederick and Septimus Powell, one hundred pounds each to act as executors and trustees. To his wife Constance, one hundred pounds, the possession and use of his household furniture, plate, linen, books, pictures and housekeeping stores and all other effects in his house, and the sum of thirty pounds monthly during her widowhood. To his trustees, John Powell, William Augustus Fredrick Powell and Septimus Powell, all his freehold and leasehold premises and stock in trade at the stoneware pottery carried on by him at Temple Gate, and also all his money and other personal estate not disposed of to pay his bequests. William Augustus Frederick Powell was, without salary, to act as superintendent over the stoneware pottery, while Septimus Powell was, without salary, to act as general manager, the pottery to be known as William Powell and Sons. An inventory of the stock in trade, plant, fixtures, machinery, book debts and all other assets of the pottery was to be taken after his death. To his sons William Augustus Frederick Powell and Septimus Powell, one thousand pounds each. To his son and partner in the glass bottle works in St Philip’s parish, William Augustus Frederick Powell, a loan of four thousand pounds to enable him to carry out the arrangement already made at those works before 31 December 1857 unless the loan period needs to be extended due to some special emergency. To his sons Thomas Lewis Powell and Benjamin Hawkins Powell, an annuity of fifty pounds each for a period of seven years after his death. In the case of Benjamin Hawkins Powell, the sum was to be paid on the express condition that he did not ‘come to inhabit or reside at or within twenty miles of the City of Bristol’. To his son Edward Colston Powell, the sum of one thousand pounds to be held by his trustees and invested, his son to receive the investment income. To his daughters, Constance Hawkins Powell and Sarah Hawkins Powell, two hundred pounds each. To his brother Joseph Powell of Stogursey, Somerset, and annuity of twenty pounds. The will was proved on 17 July 1854 (PRO Prob 11/2195).
1854	4 Mar. He was buried at St Mary Redcliffe church, aged 64 (Ancestry website).
1857	25 Apr. ‘To be let, with immediate possession, a commodious house, replete with every convenience, containing fourteen rooms, two cellars, and excellent offices, situate at Temple Gate, near the railway station, the residence of the late Mr William Powell. Apply to William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1873	29 Jul. Noted as deceased when John Fry, the younger, his apprentice, obtained his freedom (FM).
	Apprentices: With his wife Constance James Rees, 21 Jul 1832 (A, Ao) Benjamin Powell, his son, 27 Feb 1838 (A) Arnold Turner, 15 May 1839 (A, Ao) Edward Colston Smith, 15 May 1839 (A, Ao) Charles Sellick, 10 Feb 1841 (Ao) Robert Roper, 1 Dec 1841 (A, Ao) Thomas Joseph Cookson Powell, 1 Jul 1846 (Ao) John Fry, 23 Nov 1846 (Ao)Children: William Augustus Frederick, born c1814 in Bristol (01C); Constance Hawkins, born c1821 in Bristol (51C); Sarah Hawkins, born c1826 in Bristol (51C); Benjamin Hawkins, born c1824 in Bristol (51C); Septimus, born c1833 in Bristol (51C); Edward Colston (PRO Prob 11/2195); Thomas Lewis (PRO Prob 11/2195)

POWELL William Augustus Frederick

See the Potteries List section for the Temple Gate Pottery.

The Pottery had previously been run by William Powell until his death in 1854.

1854-1906

William Augustus Frederick Powell and Septimus Powell ran the Temple Gate Pottery, trading as William Powell & Sons.

William Augustus Frederick Powell was superintendent of the stone ware pottery.

Born c1814 in Bristol, the son of William Powell and the brother of Septimus Powell and Banjamin Powell.

1856-60	William Powell & Sons, brown stone ware, glass bottle and patent sugar mould manufacturer. Sole manufacturer of improved stoneware which is glazed inside and out, resists acid and will not absorb, Temple Gate (MD).
1857-66	William Powell and Sons exported stoneware to Melbourne, Jersey, Guernsey and Rotterdam (PB-EXP).
1857	4 Jul. ‘To stoneware throwers. Constant employment can be given to two good hands – Apply to William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1857	15 Aug. ‘Stoneware potters. Wanted, a large ware thrower – Apply to Wm Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1857	19 Sep. ‘Stoneware potters. Wanted, a large ware and one or two other throwers. Apply to Wm. Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1858	6 Feb. ‘To be let, with immediate possession, spacious premises, with an 18 horse power condensing engine attached. Apply to William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1861	31 Mar. The firm exhibited at the Great Exhibition (Western Daily Press).
1861	Glass bottle manufacturer employing 117 men, 42 boys and 6 women, Norland House, Clifton (47), living with his sister Sarah (38) and his brother Septimus Powell and family (61C).
1861-1906	William Powell & Sons, improved stone ware, glass bottle and sugar mould manufacturers, Temple Gate (MD, WD).
1862	William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery, exhibited various articles in stoneware at the International Exhibition, London (‘Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition, London, 1862’, Vol.II).
1863	22 Oct. ‘To stone ware throwers. A small ware thrower, of good character, can obtain employment upon application to William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Western Daily Press).
1865	Sun Insurance Policy 211040402 Michaelmas 1865-1866. William Powell & Sons of Bristol, Potters. On the following property situate at Temple Gate, Bristol, as described on a Plan deposited in this office … House only private £600, House only private £400, House only private £100. Pottery Buildings all communicating … £1750. Shed, warehouses, claymills, crushing mill and steam engine and boiler house all communicating … £50. Lodge £50, Stable £50, Basket shop £200, And on Fire Engine house and loft £50. Total £3250. All brick, stone and tiled and occupied by the assured except part of Buildings described [house and loft] which are occupied by Albert Daniel Morton, a miller and dealer in hops, oil cake and seed …Sun Insurance Policy 2110403 William Powell & Sons of Bristol, Potters. On the following property in their Pottery Buildings situate at Temple Gate … Stock, Utensils and Fixtures in the buildings all communicating £2040 Stock, Utensils and Fixtures in the buildings all communicating used as a shed, warehouses, clay mills, crushing mill and steam engine and boiler house £100. The Steam Engine and the Machinery worked thereby in the last named buildings £400, Stock and Utensils in Stable £60, Total £2600 …
1866	25 Aug. ‘To stoneware throwers. Wanted a large ware thrower. Full and constant employment can be given to a steady man. Apply to William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1870	8 Oct. ‘To stoneware potters, constant employment can be given to a thrower, of ability and taste. Apply to William Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1872	31 Aug. ‘To potters and others. Wanted steady men as place setters in kilns. Wages 24s to 26s per week. Constant employment. Apply to William Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1874	7 Nov. ‘To stoneware potters and others. Throwers wanted. Apply to William Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1876	20 Mar. ‘To stoneware potters. Constant employment can be given to a small ware thrower and a lather. William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Western Daily Press).
1880	13 Nov. ‘To basket makers. Wanted immediately, two or three steady men. Apply Temple Gate Pottery’ (Western Daily Press).
1881	Justice of the Peace and glass bottle manufacturer employing 120 men, 37 boys and 3 women, Norland House, Canynge Road, Clifton (66), living with his sisters Constance (67) and Sarah (64) and servants Sarah Mayes (47), Elizabeth Adams (24) and Ann Jelly (22) (81C).
1881	17 Dec. ‘To potters. Lathers wanted. Apply to William Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1883	17 Jan. He was described as a glass bottle manufacturer and Merchant Venturer (Ao).
1883	17 Jan. ‘Wanted a mould maker. Apply to William Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1884	10 Jun. ‘Wanted, a lather. Apply to William Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1885	30 Dec. A fire occurred at Morton’s flour mills at Temple Gate. ‘The flames bursting out of the windows of the several floors, shot across Messrs Powell and Son’s yard to within two or three feet of the pottery warehouse filled with bottles and ware goods. Some parts of Messrs Morton’s mills had been built over the engine house and clay machines of the pottery and though by the determined efforts of the firemen their premises were saved, the engine house and the machinery were so deluged with water that some hundreds of pounds of damage must have been done in this direction. Messrs Powell’s workmen were on holiday, and were to have resumed work this morning. The foreman, T.J. Lewis, was on the premises and with the watchman gave all necessary assistance to the firemen. Some of the workmen here … will be out of employment for some time in consequence of the fire’ (Bristol Mercury).
1886	6 Oct. ‘To stoneware potters. Wanted a thrower. William Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury).
1890	12 Aug. ‘To potters, kilnmen and others. Employment offered by William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Western Daily Press).
1891	Justice of the Peace and glass bottle manufacturer, 33 Canynges Road, Clifton (77), living with his sister Sarah (75) and Fanny Perkins (50) cook, Ann Jelly (32) housemaid and Elizabeth Adams (35) parlourmaid (91C).
1891	13 Oct. ‘Pottery man wanted. Apply William Powell & Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Western Daily Press).
1892	31 May. ‘To stoneware potters. Throwers wanted. Apply to William Powell and Sons, Temple Gate Pottery’ (Western Daily Press).
1901	Glass bottle, stoneware manufacturer, 33 Canynge Road, Clifton (87), living with his sister Sarah (85) and Elizabeth Adams (44) parlourmaid, Emily Merrick (38) cook and Alice Summers (30), housemaid (01C).
1901	Advertisement: ‘William Powell and Sons. Improved-glazed spirit jars. Inventors and original manufacturers of the Bristol stoneware, spirit, treacle and vinegar jars (wicker & plain), drip pans, barrels, stoneware ale, porter and ginger beer bottles. Improved water filters, jugs, pans, pickerling and preserved jars and an especial registered air tight pot. Wm. Powell and Sons have introduced a new and effective way of marking. Name and Trade Mark, etc., on jars in colour’ (WD).
1906	9 Feb. He died at Norland House, Clifton. Probate was granted to the Rev. William Hawkins Powell, Arthur Cecil Powell, glass bottle manufacturer, and others. Effects valued at £168,842.14s.3d (Ancestry website).
1907	21 Dec. A charity called ‘The Church Lands’ proposed to grant a building lease on the pottery recently occupied by Messrs W. Powell and Sons, and described as ‘a piece of land, containing 4,540 square yards … with buildings thereon, situate between Pile Street and Redcliff Mead Lane, at Temple Gate’ (Western Daily Press).
	Apprentices: John Colston Roper, 6 Aug 1863 (Ao) William Edward Milsom, 28 Apr 1865 (Ao) Richard Colston Roper, 2 Oct 1865 (Ao) William Thomas, 19 Aug 1867 (Ao) David Llewellin, 24 Mar 1879 (Ao) William Hawkins Powell, 17 Jan 1883 (Ao) Arthur Cecil Powell, 17 Jan 1883 (Ao)