See the Potteries List section for the Stapleton Road Pottery 1.
| 1854-58 | William Maule ran the Stapleton Road Pottery 1 with his sons, William Alexander Maule and Alexander James Maule, trading as William Maule & Sons. |
William Maule died in 1858 and the Pottery was then run by his sons, Alexander James and William Alexander Maule.
| 1858-75 | Alexander James Maule and William Alexander Maule ran the Stapleton Road Pottery 1, trading as William Maule & Sons. |
William Alexander Maule died in 1875 and the Pottery was then run by his brother, Alexander James Maule.
| 1875-84 | Alexander James Maule ran the Stapleton Road Pottery 1, trading as William Maule & Sons. |
Alexander James Maule died in 1884 and it is possible that the Pottery part of their business then closed. His sister, Louisa Maule, died in 1892, and may have continued the nursery business for a while longer, as the nursery was recorded in street directories until 1889.
Born c1823 in St George, the son of William Maule and the brother of William Alexander Maule (41C, 51C).
| 1854-69 | William Maule & Sons, horticultural potteries, Stapleton Road (MD). |
| 1861 | William Maule & Sons, potters and garden pot manufacturers, Stapleton Road (KD). |
| 1861 | Nurseryman, in partnership with his brother William Alexander, and employing 20 boys, 2 women and 50 men, Lower Easton, Gloucestershire (38), living with his brother and his widowed mother, Elizabeth Ann (75) (61C). |
| 1863 | William Maule & Sons, horticulural potters, Stapleton Road (KD). |
| 1870-80 | William Maule & Sons, nurserymen & horticulural potteries, Stapleton Road and Stoke Bishop (WD). |
| 1881 | Nurseryman, Stapleton Road (60) (81C). |
| 1881-84 | William Maule & Sons, nurserymen & horticulural potteries, Stapleton Road and Stoke Gifford (WD). |
| 1884 | 5 May. He died and his will, proved on 28 July 1884, described him as a nurseryman, late of Stapleton Road Nurseries. The will was proved by his sister, Louisa Maule. Personal estate was valued at £3,171.10s.9d (PRO National Probate Calendar, Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1866). |
| 1884 | 10 May. ‘Yesterday the mortal remains of Mr Alexander James Maule, of the Stapleton Nurseries and Horticultural Pottery, Stapleton Road, were interred in the burial ground of Holy Trinity amidst many tokens of the respect in which he was held by those to whom he was known … The mourners were confined to relatives and close personal friends of the deceased … Several of the nursery foremen and other employees were present, and amongst them was a venerable servant who had been in Mr Maule’s employ for 45 years, and who for a very long time past has driven him about’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1885-89 | William Maule & Sons, nurserymen, Stapleton Road (MD). |