Bristol Potters - W
Research by Reg Jackson
WAGG Ann
Born c1829 in Staffordshire (71C).
| 1871 | 6 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (42), living with her husband John (42), a moulder of iron, born in Staffordshire (71C). |
WAIGHT Ellen
Born c1822 in Hanley, Staffordshire, the wife of Sampson Waight (51C).
| 1851 | Warehousewoman in pottery, 5 Water Lane, Temple parish (29), living with her husband Sampson (29), a potter clay maker, born in Shelton and son Alfred (4) born in Shelton (51C). |
WAIGHT Sampson
Born c1822 in Shelton, Staffordshire, the husband of Ellen Waight (51C).
| 1851 | Potter clay maker, 5 Water Lane, Temple parish (29), living with his wife Ellen (29), a warehousewoman in pottery, born in Hanley and son Alfred (4) born in Shelton (51C). |
WAITE John
| 1722 | Potter, Bedminster (P). |
WAKEFIELD John I
The father of John Wakefield II (HTPR).
| 1843 | 13 Aug. Noted as a potter when his son John Wakefield, a potter of Trinity District, married Ann Williams (HTPR). |
| 1848 | 25 Sep. Noted as a potter when his daughter Mary of St Thomas’s parish married James Cooke Harse (ThPR). |
WAKEFIELD John II
The son of John Wakefield I (HTPR).
| 1843 | 13 Aug. Trinity District, the son of John Wakefield, a potter, he married Ann William of Trinity District, the daughter of Samuel Marsh, a weaver (HTPR). |
WAKEFIELD Sarah
Born c1875 in St Philip’s parish (91C).
| 1891 | Pottery, 7 Plough Court, St Thomas’s parish (16) (91C). |
WALKER Albert
Born c1888 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1911 | Pottery packer, boarding at 22 Parnall Road, Fishponds (23) (11C). |
WALKER George
| 1660 | 18 Mar. ‘George Walker, potter, bound to John Knight, merchant, for 3 years’, this was probably to serve in Barbados (SFP). It is not stated that he was a potter in Bristol. |
WALKER James
The son of John Walker of Bullingham, Hereford, labourer (A).
| 1736 | 8 Apr. He was apprenticed to Thomas I and Frances Ward, £10 paid with the apprentice, the gift of the Herefordshire Society. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
WALKER Joseph
| 1790 | 19 Apr. ‘I Joseph Walker, Potter and Earthen Ware Man now living in the Parish of St Nicholas … do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament … First, I give and bequeath unto my Dearly Beloved wife Rebecca Walker … all and singular my Lands, Tenements, Book and Book Debts, Dues and Demands Together with all my Stock of Trade, Household Furniture Weareing Apparell and all and every Thing I may be pos’es’ed of …’. The will was proved on 1 September 1790 (BRO Will 1790/17). |
WALKER Richard
Born c1806 in St George (51C).
| 1851 | Earthenware traveller, Meg Thatcher’s Green, St George (45) (51C). |
| 1861 | Manufacturer of earthenware, Quarry Lane, St George (59) (61C). |
WALKER Thomas
| 1860 | 30 Jun. Thomas Walker, ‘a ragged, barefoot, little fellow’ was charged with stealing from the Quay. His mother said ‘he works for Mr Price at the Pottery, leastways he works for a man at the Pottery and has 3s.6d a week’. He was given one more chance (Western Daily Press). |
WALKER W.W.
See the Potteries List section for the St Thomas Street Pottery 1.
The Pottery had previously been run by Morgan, Walker & Co.
| 1808-16 | W.W. Walker ran the St Thomas Street Pottery 1. |
The Pottery was then taken over by William and Thomas Powell.
| 1808-09 | W.W. Walker, Thomas Street [no trade given] (MD). |
| 1809 | 30 Sep. ‘For sale by auction … a freehold warehouse, with the compting house and loft belonging thereto, situate in Three Queens Lane, St Thomas Street … late in the occupation of Messrs Walker and Co., potters’ (Bristol Mirror). |
| 1810-13 | W.W. Walker & Co., brown stone potters, Thomas Street (MD). |
| 1814-15 | W.W. Walker, brown stone potters, Thomas Street (MD). |
| 1816 | W.W. Walker, potter, St Thomas Street (ED). |
WALKER Walter
Born c1848 in Bedminster (61C).
| 1861 | 2 Long Row, St Thomas’s parish (13), living with his parents William and Eliza, a brush maker, from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire (61C). |
WALKLATE William
| 1881 | 16 Oct. Noted as a potter, deceased, though not necessarily of Bristol, when his son John Thomas Walklate (26) a miner of Lawrence Hill married Annie Burton (HTPR). |
WALL [christian name illegible]
Born c1841 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, 2 Wade Street, St Philip’s parish (30), living with his wife Elizabeth (30) born in Bristol (71C). |
WALL John
| 1855 | 10 Jun. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Ann (born 26 Nov 1854). Wife Susan (PPR). |
WALL Mary
Born c1826 in Bristol, the sister of Susan Wall (41C).
| 1841 | ‘Pottery’, Temple Street, Temple parish (15), living with her mother Susan Wall (55) a washer and siblings (41C). |
WALL Susan
Born c1826 in Bristol, the sister of Mary Wall (41C).
| 1841 | ‘Pottery’, Temple Street, Temple parish (15), living with her mother Susan Wall (55) a washer and siblings (41C). |