Bristol Potters - S
Research by Reg Jackson
SNOW Daniel
The son of William Snow of Bristol, yeoman (A).
| 1707 | 28 Dec. He was apprenticed to Thomas and Sarah Dickson (A, Ar). |
| 1715 | 6 Apr. He became a free gallypotmaker (F, G). |
SOCK John
| 1842 | 21 Jun. St Philip’s parish, the son of William Sock, a labourer, he married Ann Smith of St Philip’s parish, the daughter of William Smith, a carpenter (PPR). |
SOLLIS Charles
Born c1835 in Bath, Somerset (71C).
| 1871 | Lodging at Three Queens Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (36) (71C). |
| 1881 | General labourer, lodging at 7 Pithay, Christchurch parish (50) (81C). |
SOUTHAM Fred
Born c1856 in Bedminster (71C).
| 1871 | Lodging at 3 Marks Cottages, Church Hill, St George (15) (71C). |
SOUTHERD Joseph
| 1819 | 25 Feb. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (Ao). |
| 1827 | 21 Aug. He married Rhoda Chapple (information from Ben Stuart). |
| 1828 | 22 Jun. Temple parish on the baptism of his son Henry Alfred. Wife Rhoda (TPR). |
| 1830 | Colstons Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1832 | Colston Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1832 | Colston Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Temple Back, Temple parish (P). |
| 1841 | Potter, Church Gresley, Derbyshire (35), living with his wife Rhoda (35) and son Henry (10), not born in Derbyshire (41C, information from Ben Stuart). |
| 1841 | Possibly the Joseph Southerd who died in St Sidwell’s parish, Exeter, Devon (information from Ben Stuart). |
| His son Henry married Mary Colclough at St George and St Mary church in Church Gresley on 2 Feb 1851. Joseph Southerd was still noted as a potter. However, by the time of the 1851 census Rhoda was described as a widow and was a servant in the Nadin household in Woodville, just to the east of Church Gresley. It is believed that Henry Southerd continued as a potter and was involved in the Escolme Sanitary Pottery in Woodville. He died in 1893 and was buried in Woodville. Rhoda Southerd married a potter in Derby on 25 Dec 1852 and became Rhoda Harrison. She was buried in Woodville in Feb 1872, aged 66 (information from Ben Stuart). |
SPERRIN John
| 1767/7 | He stood surety of £5 for Ann Powell to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). This could be a mistake for John Perrins. |
SPOKES James
Born c1802 in Brentwood, Essex (51C).
| 1823 | 19 Jan. Avon Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Mary Ann (aged 6 mths). Wife Elizabeth (PPR). |
| 1834 | 26 Jan. St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Tylers Field, St Philip’s parish (40), living with his wife Phoebe (30), not born in Bristol, and daughter Christiana (11), not born in Bristol (41C). |
| 1845 | 4 Aug. Noted as a potter when his daughter Mary Ann of Browns Row married James Rice Fisher (JBPR). |
| 1851 | 2 Back of Trout, St Philip’s parish (49), living with his wife Phoebe (42) a schoolmistress, born in Wordsley, Staffordshire, and daughter Christiana (20), a cotton weaver, born in Glasgow, Scotland (51C). |
| Children: With wife Elizabeth May Ann (aged 6 months), bapt 19 Jan 1823 (PPR), Christiana, bapt 26 Jan 1834 (PPR), but born in Glasgow (51C), Betsy, bapt 26 Jan 1834 (PPR) |
SPOKES John I
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 7.
In 1815 there was a partnership between John Cole I and John Spokes I, trading as Cole and Spokes. This partnership seems to have ended with the Cole family carrying on trading (see St Philip’s Pottery 6) and John Spokes I establishing his own Pottery in 1816.
| 1816-47 | John Spokes I ran the St Philip’s Pottery 7.
He appears to have been in partnership with someone called Bourne in 1816 and the firm traded in that year only as Spokes & Bourne. It seems likely that he was in partnership with his son Samuel Spokes, from about 1844. |
Samuel Spokes, his son, ran the Pottery alone from 1848.
Born c1775 in Abingdon, Berkshire, the father of John T. Spokes I and Samuel Spokes (51C, JBPR).
| 1777 | 31 Jul. Probably the John Spokes, son of William and Mary Spokes, who was baptised at St Nicholas church, Abingdon (Ancestry website). |
| 1807 | 1 Nov. Probably the John and Mary Spokes who had their son Samuel baptised at St Mary’s church, Lambeth, London (Ancestry website). |
| 1815 | Coles & Spokes, brown stone potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1816 | Spokes & Bourne, stone ware pottery, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1817-47 | John Spokes, stone ware pottery, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1820-21 | Mary Spokes, potter, aged 40 years (presumably the wife of John Spokes I) (Methodist Class Book). |
| 1827 | 9 May. His son, William, was apprenticed to John Shelton, a wheelwright (A). |
| 1833 | Cheese Lane & Avon Street, Jno Spokes, Pottery £8; Bread Street, Jno Stokes, dwelling house £2 (BRO EP/A/47-St Philip’s Church Rates). |
| 1835 | Cheese Lane, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1836 | 19 May. An Act to alter the line of the Great Western Railway. Schedule of lands in St Philip and Jacob parish included: ‘Owner: John Spokes, Occupier: Himself, Tenement, garden, tobacco pipe manufactory and pottery’. |
| 1841 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (60), living with his wife Mary (60) born in Bristol (41C). |
| 1841 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1847 | 24 May. Noted as a potter when his son John, a widower, of Boot Lane married Sarah Cool (JBPR). |
| 1851 | 1 Avon Street Pottery [between 21/22 Avon Street], St Philip’s parish (76), born Abingdon, Berkshire, living with his wife Mary (72) born in St James’s parish. Living at the same address as Samuel Spokes, formerly a potter (51C). |
| 1852 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1854 | 15 Jan. Probably the John Spokes, aged 78, who was buried (PPR). |
SPOKES John II
Born c1831 in St James’s parish (51C).
| 1851 | 9 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (20) (51C). |
SPOKES John Thomas I
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 7.
The Pottery had previously been run by his brother, Samuel Spokes.
| 1849-63 | John T. Spokes I ran the St Philip’s Pottery 7. |
He died in 1863 and the Pottery was taken over by his widow, Sarah Spokes.
Born c1803 in St Philip’s parish, the son of John Spokes I and the brother of Samuel Spokes (61C).
| 1826-32 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1835-37 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1847 | 24 May. Boot Lane, widower, the son of John Spokes, a potter, he married Sarah Cool of Boot Lane, the daughter of Samuel Cool, a coal miner (JBPR). |
| 1849-57 | John Spokes, brown ware potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1851 | 2 Avon Street Pottery, St Philip’s parish (48), living with his wife Sarah (36) born in Bitton, Somerset and his daughter Elizabeth (19) a horse hair weaver, born in St Philip’s parish (51C). (Next door was a 3 Avon Street Pottery, but this was unoccupied (51C)). |
| 1856 | 4 Aug. Noted as a potter when his daughter Elizabeth (23) of Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish married Joseph Owen (PPR). |
| 1858-63 | John T. Spokes, brown stone ware, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1861 | 24 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (58), living with his wife Sarah (40) born in Bitton, Somerset and son John T. (30), a potter, born in St Philip’s parish (61C). |
| 1861 | 16 Nov. ‘To be let or sold, the old established freehold redware pottery, situated near the railway arch, Avon Street, in the parish of St Philip. The stock and plant to be taken at a fair valuation. For further particulars apply to John Spokes, on the premises’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1863 | 25 Apr. ‘John Thomas Spokes, potter of this city, died April 25th 1863, aged 59’ (Gravestone, Trinity Church, Old Market – information from John Saysell). |
| 1863 | 2 May. ‘Died April 25, Mr John Thomas Spokes, aged 59 years, many years master of the Redware Pottery, St Philip’s. He died in peace’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1863 | 8 Aug. Described as a brown ware potter late of Avon Street, his will was proved by his widow, Sarah. Effects were valued at under £200 (PRO National Probate Calendar (Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966). |
| Children: Wife Susan/Susanna William John, bapt 25 Jun 1826 (PPR), John Thomas, bapt 24 Feb 1828 (PPR), John Thomas, bapt 3 Jan 1830 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 22 Jul 1832 (PPR), William, bapt 14 Jun 1835 (PPR), Thomas (aged 3 wks), bapt 15 Oct 1837 (PPR) |
SPOKES John T. II
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 7.
The Pottery had previously been run by his step-mother, Sarah Spokes.
| 1872-c86 | John T. Spokes II ran the St Philip’s Pottery 7. |
It appears that John T. Spokes II gave up the Pottery in about 1886 and became an earthenware dealer. The Pottery then seems to have been taken over by Cooper and Company.
Born 1830 in St Philip’s parish, the son of John T. Spokes I and Susan Spokes (PPR, 61C).
| 1861 | 24 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (30), living with his parents John T. Spokes and Sarah Spokes (his step-mother) (61C). |
| 1871 | Red ware potter, North of railway bridge, Avon Street (38), living with his step-mother, Sarah (45) (71C). |
| 1872-86 | J.T. Spokes, redware potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1873 | 22 Dec. A reference to J.T. Spokes, redware pottery, St Philip’s (Western Daily Press). |
| 1874 | 29 Aug. ‘Wanted. A redware burner. Mr J.T. Spokes, Redware Pottery, Avon Street, St Philip’s’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1874 | 17 Oct. ‘Wanted, a redware potter. Apply J.T. Spokes, St Philip’s Pottery (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1882 | 15 Apr. ‘Wanted, two potters. Apply J.T. Spokes, St Philip’s Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1882 | 25 Jul. ‘Wanted, two small ware potters. Apply to J.T. Spokes, St Philip’s Pottery, Avon Street’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1886 | 1 Feb. ‘Redware potter wanted. Apply to J.T. Spokes, Redware Pottery, St Philip’s’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1886 | 27 Mar. ‘Garden pots and red ware, all kinds of vases for painting, at J.T. Spokes’ Pottery, Avon Street’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1886 | 20 Jul & 12 Aug. ‘For sale, a bay horse, 16 hands high, rising five years. Apply to J.T. Spokes Pottery, Avon Street, St Philip’s’ (Bristol Mercury, Western Daily Press). |
| 1888-96 | Primrose Villa, Eastville (no trade given) (WD). |
| 1889 | J. Spokes, Earthenware dealers, Avon Street (Bennett’s Business D). |
| 1896 | 28 Mar. A retired red ware potter he died at Primrose Villa, Fishponds Road, Eastville. Probate was granted on 18 May to William Spokes, a mason. His effects were valued at £242.13s.8d (PRO National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966). |
SPOKES Samuel
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 7.
The Pottery had previously been run by his father, John Spokes I. Samuel seems to have been in partnership with his father from 1844-47.
| 1848 | Samuel Spokes ran the St Philip’s Pottery 7. |
Then Pottery was then taken over by John T. Spokes I.
Born c1807 in Lambeth, London, the son of John Spokes I (51C, Ancestry website).
| 1807 | 1 Nov. Probably the Samuel Spokes, son of John and Mary Spokes, who was baptised at St Mary’s church, Lambeth, London (Ancestry website). |
| 1836 | 19 May. An Act to alter the line of the Great Western Railway. Schedule of lands in St Philip and Jacob parish included: ‘Owner: Samuel Spokes, Occupier: Himself, Tenement and yard’. |
| 1840 | 1 Jan. Convicted of assault at the Bristol City Sessions. Fined 40s. The potter Colston Pearce was also convicted of assault on the same day (PRO HO27, Piece 60, page 291). |
| 1841 | Potter, Avon Street, St Philips (30), born in Bristol, living with his wife Sarah (30) born in Bristol and children Mary (12), Clara (9) and Elizabeth (7) all born in Bristol (41C). |
| 1844-48 | Samuel Spokes, brown and stone ware potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1851 | Pauper, formerly a potter, 1 Avon Street Pottery, St Philip’s parish (42), living with his daughter Betty (17) a cotton weaver, born in Bristol, and his father, John Spokes I, and mother, Mary (51C). |
| Children: Mary, born c1829 in Bristol (41C), Clara, born c1832 in Bristol (41C), Elizabeth/Betty, born c1834 in Bristol (41C) |
SPOKES Sarah
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 7.
The Pottery had previously been run by her husband, John T. Spokes I.
| 1863-71 | Sarah Spokes ran the St Philip’s Pottery 7. |
The Pottery was then taken over by her stepson, John T. Spokes II.
| 1863-71 | Sarah Spokes, brown ware potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1869 | 19 Jun. ‘To be disposed of, an extensive pottery business, together with large buildings, outhouse, stables and yard, situate in a business locality, and where a large trade has been successfully carried out for more than fifty years. The above would be a first class investment for anyone possessed of energy and pushing habits. For particulars apply to S. Spokes, Avon Street Pottery, St Philip’s, Bristol’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1871 | Red ware potter, widow, North of railway bridge, Avon Street (45), living with her step-son, John (38) (71C). |
| 1888 | 21 Apr. She died. The Bristol Mercury carried the following on 21 Apr 1892: ‘In fond memory of our beloved aunt, Sarah Spokes of Avon Street Pottery, who fell asleep in Jesus, April 21, 1888. Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow’ (Bristol Mercury). |
SPOKES William
Born c1811.
He was convicted in the Bristol Riots of 1831 and transported to Patrick Plains, New South Wales, Australia.
Sentence: Life. Former Convictions: None. Occupation: Potter and bargeman. Religion: Protestant. Education: Reads and writes. Native place: Bristol. Married, two children.
Description: Age 22. Height 5ft 5½in. Complexion: dark sallow. Hair: brown. Eyes: hazel. Remarks: WSMS on upper, JS on lower right arm, MSSS upper left arm
Spokes obtained a ticket-of-leave, dated 11 Feb 1841, and was allowed to remain in the District of Patrick Plains; he received a Conditional Pardon, dated 10 July 1848.
(Amey, G. 1979. City under fire: the Bristol Riots and aftermath. Lutterworth Press, pages 210-211)
SPOONER George
| 1828 | 23 Nov. Temple parish on the baptism of his daughter Ann. Wife Ann (PPR). |
SPRAY Ellen
Born c1880 in Totterdown, Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Assistant at potteries, 10 Whitehouse Court, Bedminster (21) (01C). |
SPRIGGS William J.
Born c1865 in Bristol (91C).
| 1890 | 26 Dec. Aged 26, the son of William Spriggs, he married Mary Elmes (23), the daughter of George Elmes (Ancestry website). |
| 1891 | Potter’s labourer, 7 Victoria Street, St Paul’s parish (26), living with his wife Mar A. (23), born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | General labourer, 88 Goodhind Street, St Philip’s parish (26), living with his wife Mary (33), born in Bishop’s Sutton, Somerset, and children Arthur (9) and Mary (7), both born in Bristol (01C). |
SPRING William
Born c1845 in St Philip’s parish (61C).
| 1861 | Works at pottery, Lamb Street, St Philip’s parish (16), the son of Thomas, a labourer (61C). |
SPRY James
| 1900 | 23 Feb. He was a foreman, probably at the Bristol Pottery (Western Daily Press). |
STACEY Charles
Born c1878 in St George (91C).
| 1891 | Terra cotta finisher, 1 Lamb Hill, St George (13) (91C). |