See the Potteries List section for the St Silas Pottery.
| 1885-98 | Thomas Hickery and Edwin Caleb Hickery ran the St Silas Pottery, trading as Thomas Hickery and Son. |
Thomas Hickery died in 1898 and the Pottery was then run by his son, Edwin Caleb Hickery.
Born c1816 in St Philip’s parish, he was the father of Edwin Caleb Hickery (71C).
| 1816 | 30 Jun. He was baptised, the son of William and Martha Hickery (PPR). |
| 1842 | 8 Aug. He married Eliza Scourse, the daughter of Caleb Scourse, in St George (Ancestry website). |
| 1861 | Foreman of brickyard, Brickyard Cottage, St Philip’s parish (44), living with his wife Eliza (48) and daughter Emma (16) (61C). |
| 1871 | Foreman of brickyard, Brickyard Cottage, near Morton Street, St Philip’s parish (54), living with his wife Eliza (48), born in St Philip’s parish, and children Jacob (23), Mary Jane (13), Edwin Caleb (10) and Arthur Joshua (2), all born in St Philip’s parish (71C). |
| 1881 | Manager of brick and tile works, The Rents, near Chemical Works, St Philip’s parish (64), living with his wife Eliza (58) and children (81C). |
| 1885 | 1 May. ‘To farmers and dealers. For sale, a good half-bred mare and colt (aged 3 weeks) and mare in foal again. Thomas Hickery and Son, St Silas Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1888 | 17 Oct. ‘For sale. Two thoroughbred liver and white spaniel whelps. Hickery, St Silas Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1892 | 10 Mar. ‘For sale, one pair of rollers for crushing clay, can be worked by horse or steam. Hickery, St Silas Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1892 | 19 May. ‘Wanted, a good potter for redware. Constant employment. Married man preferred. Thomas Hickery and Son, St Silas Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1895-99 | Thomas Hickery and Son, St Silas Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh (KD, Town D). |
| 1896 | 9 Oct. High tides in the River Avon flooded Hickery’s pottery works and it was some days before work could be resumed (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1898 | He died in Bristol, aged 81 (Ancestry website). |
| 1898 | 22 Jan. ‘Three pullets (laying) and cock; prize bred. Apply Scourse, St Silas Pottery’ and ‘Good, useful spring cart, no further use for same, nearly new. Maker, W. Jones. Hickery, Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1899 | 14 Feb. High tides caused flooding to a height of four to five feet in the St Silas Pottery. The water made its way into the kilns and it was thought that work would not resume for several weeks (Western Daily Press). |