See the Potteries List section for the Barton Hill Pottery, the Temple Back Pottery 1 and the Pipe Lane Pottery.
Barton Hill Pottery
The Pottery had previously been run by James Duffett II.
1856-c63 | Wm. Hutchings I ran the Barton Hill Pottery. |
The Barton Hill Pottery was then taken over by Alfred Niblett but Hutchings continued trading at the Pipe Lane Pottery.
Temple Back Pottery 1
The Pottery had previously been run by Leah Webb and was advertised for sale in 1859.
c1859-73 | Wm. Hutchings I ran the Temple Back Pottery 1. |
The Pottery was advertised to let in 1873, and it was taken over by James George Hawley.
Pipe Lane Pottery
1856-78 | William Hutchings I ran the Pipe Lane Pottery. |
From 1870 the Pottery was trading as William Hutchings & Co., and from 1873 as William Hutchings and Son, the son being William Hutchings II. From at least 1862 the Hutchings family were also running a brick and tile works on St Philip’s Marsh.
William Hutchings II continued running the Pottery after his father’s death in 1878.
Born c1812 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, the father of William Hutchings II and was possibly the father of George Hutchings (51C).
1851 | Accountant, North Street, Bedminster (39), living with his wife Martha Prout (39), born in St Thomas’s parish, and children, his mother Jane (62), born in Wells, Somerset, and Sarah Lane (14), a house servant (51C). |
1856-57 | Wm. Hutchings (late Duffett), red ware, garden and chimney pot manufacturer, Pipe Lane, Temple back and Barton Hill (MD). |
1857 | 17 Jan. ‘Red ware potters. Wanted, a thrower; a good workman will get constant employment and good wages. Apply to Wm. Hutchings & Co., Pipe Lane Pottery, Temple Back’ (Bristol Mercury). |
1857-61 | Residence: 12 Somerset Square (MD). |
1858-61 | Wm. Hutchings, red ware, garden and chimney pot manufacturer, Pipe Lane, Temple Back and Barton Hill (MD). |
1861-72 | Wm. Hutchings, red ware pottery, Temple Back (MD). |
1861 | Potter employing 20 men, 11 boys, 12 Somerset Square, Bedminster (49), living with his wife Martha P. (49) born in Bristol, his children and his widowed mother Jane (74), a farmer’s wife, born in Wiltshire (61C). |
1861 | 29 Jun. William Hutchings, pottery manufacturer of 12 Somerset Square, was executor to the will of Martin Mayes of 23 Hampton Park, Bristol (Bristol Mercury). |
1861-63 | W. Hutchings exported red ware to Guernsey, Jersey and Barbados (PB-EXP). |
1862-63 | Wm. Hutchings, red ware, garden and chimney pot manufacturer, Pipe Lane, Temple Back and Barton Hill, brick and tile manufacturer, St Philip’s Marsh (MD). |
1864-69 | Wm. Hutchings, red ware, garden and chimney pot manufacturer, Pipe Lane, Temple Back, brick and tile manufacturer, St Philip’s Marsh (MD). |
1866 | 20 Oct. Noted as a potter when his daughter Martha (19) of St Mary Redcliffe parish married William Johnson (RPR). |
1868 | Residence: 13 Redcliff Parade West (MD). |
1870-72 | William Hutchings & Co., red ware manufacturers, Pipe Lane and St Philip’s Marsh (MD). |
1870 | 11 Mar. ‘Red ware potters. Wanted, a man to set and burn kilns and make himself generally useful. Apply at Pipe Lane Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
1870 | 3 May. ‘For sale, a lathe, cheap. Apply at Pipe Lane Pottery, Temple Backs’ (Western Daily Press). |
1870 | 19 Dec. Noted as a red ware manufacturer when his daughter Mary of St Mary Redcliffe parish married John Walters (RPR). |
1871 | Brick and tile manufacturer, 31 West Redcliffe Parade, St Mary Redcliffe parish (59), living with his wife Martha P. (55) and children including his daughter Martha Johnston (23) and his widowed mother Jane (82) (71C). |
1871 | 28 Jul. ‘For sale, a large chaff machine. Apply at Pipe Lane Pottery, Temple backs’ (Western Daily Press). |
1872 | 29 Jun. ‘Red ware potters. Steady man wanted, to set and burn kilns, etc. Apply Pipe Lane Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury). |
1873-80 | William Hutchings and Son, red ware manufacturers, Pipe Lane and St Philip’sMarsh (MD, WD). |
1873 | 12 Apr. ‘Red ware pottery, Temple Back, to let. Apply W. Hutchings and Co., on the premises’ (Bristol Mercury). |
1873 | 7 May. ‘For sale, a waggonette, in good condition, or would exchange for a Whitechapel. Pipe Lane Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
1878 | 22 Apr. He died, described as a brick and tile manufacturer of 13 Redcliff Parade West and the Brickyard, St Philip’s Marsh. His will was proved on 6 May. Personal estate valued at under £1,500 (PRO National Probate Calendar, Index of Wills and Adminstrations, 1858-1966). |
1881 | 5 Mar. Mary Hutchings’ husband, John Walters, married her widowed sister, Martha Johnson, in Clifton, following Mary’s death in 1878. They emigrated first to Nova Scotia and then on to Massachusetts (information from Pamela Quinlan; Ancestry website). |
A headstone for the Hutchings family survives in Arnos Vale Cemetery (information from Pamela Quinlan) and reads as follows: ‘In loving memory of Jane Hutchings: who fell asleep in Jesus January 18, 1876, aged 87 years … also of William Hutchings, son of the above, who entered into eternal rest April 22 1878, aged 66 years … also in loving memory of Martha Prout Hutchings, wife of the above named William Hutchings, who entered into her eternal rest May 17 1880, aged 68 years …’. | |
Children: Possibly George, born c1836 (61C), Elizabeth, born c1844 in Bedminster (51C), William, born c1846 in Bedminster (51C), Martha, born c1848 in Bedminster (51C), Mary, born c1850 in Bedminster (51C), Ann, born c1850 in Bedminster (51C), Ann, born c1853 in Bristol (61C) |