See the Potteries List section for the 131 Temple Street Pottery.
She succeeded her father Joseph Bright I at the Pottery and was operating it with her sister, Ann Bright.
| 1848-52 | Jane and Ann Bright an the 131 Temple Street Pottery. |
| 1853 | Jane Bright ran the 131 Temple Street Pottery alone. |
The Pottery was then taken over by Charles Price II and Joseph Read Price.
Born c1811 in Temple parish, the daughter of Joseph Bright I and the sister of Ann, Arthur and Daniel Bright (TPR, 41C, 51C).
| 1811 | 27 Oct. Baptised at Temple church, the daughter of Joseph and ‘Cecil’ Bright (TPR). |
| 1841 | No occupation, Temple Street, Temple parish (25), living with her father and siblings (41C). |
| 1848-50 | Jane and Ann Bright, stoneware potters and patent water pipe manufacturers, 131 Temple Street (Ancestry website; MD). |
| 1851 | Stone ware manufacturer, employing 6 men, 3 boys and 1 clerk, 131 Temple Street, Temple parish (37), living with her brother Daniel and sister Ann, and a servant Harriet Bishop (17) (51C). |
| 1851 | Occup: Jane & Ann Bright, Owner: Peanes & Roach, House & Pottery, 130 Temple Street (BRO 04250(1)). |
| 1851-52 | Jane and Ann Bright, improved glazed stoneware, closet-pan, eject and water pipe manufacturers, 131 Temple Street (MD). |
| 1852 | Jane and Ann Bright exported 3,500 pieces of red and stoneware to Adelaide (PB-EXP). |
| 1853 | Bright & Co (or Jane Bright & Co), improved glazed stoneware, closet-pan, eject and water pipe manufacturers, 131 Temple Street (MD, Bristol Mercury). |
| 1861 | 19 Mar. A potter of Bedminster (49) she married Henry Joseph Symes (53) of Temple parish, a provision merchant (JBPR). |
| 1861 | No occupation, living at 2 Temple Street, Temple parish, with her husband Henry Symes, a provision merchant (61C). |