Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
BUNDY Joseph I
Born c1818 in Temple parish, the father of James and Daniel Bundy (51C, 71C).
| 1841 | Mary Row, St Philip’s parish (20), living with his wife Hannah and children (41C). |
| 1851 | 3 Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (33), living with his wife Hannah (32), born in Stapleton, and children (51C). |
| 1861 | Haulier, 9 Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (44), living with his wife Hannah (45) and children (61C). |
| 1871 | 19 Walpole Street, St Philip’s parish (54), living with his wife Hannah (54), born in Baptist Mills, and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Labourer at pottery, 9 Albert Buildings, St Philip’s parish (64), living with his wife Hannah (64) and son, William, labourer at pottery (81C). |
| Children: Daniel, born c1839 in Bristol (41C), Joseph, born c1841 in Bristol (41C), Mary Ann, born c1843 in Bristol (51C), Elizabeth, born c1845 in Bristol (51C), James, born c1848 in Bristol (51C), Louisa, born c1850 in Bristol (51C), Jane, born c1853 in Baptist Mills (61C), Caroline, born c1854 in Bristol (71C), Sarah, born c1857 in Bristol (71C), William, born c1862 in Bristol (71C) |
BUNDY James
Born c1850 in Bristol, the son of Joseph Bundy I and the brother of Daniel Bundy (71C).
| 1871 | Potter, 19 Walpole Street, St Philip’s parish (21), living with his parents and siblings (71C). |
BUNDY Joseph II
| 1864 | 25 Dec. Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| Child: Wife Eliza Sarah Ann, born 2 Nov 1864, bapt 25 Dec 1864 (PPR) |
BUNDY Josiah
See the Potteries List section for the Limekiln Lane Pottery 1.
He succeeded Charles Christopher at the Pottery.
| 1739-c41 | Josiah Bundy ran the Limekiln Lane Pottery 1. |
It is not known exactly how long he worked at the Pottery but he died in 1741. The Pottery appears to have closed after his death.
The son of Joseph Bundy of Bristol, confectioner (A).
| 1724 | 27 Apr. He was apprenticed to John and Hester Weaver. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1731 | 15 May. He became a free gallypotmaker (F, G). |
| 1734 | Gallypotmaker, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1739 | Potmaker, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1739 | ‘John Plomer of Bishford, Somerset, late Joane Bailey holds several tenemts in Cow Lane in possession of Josiah Bundy and Co …’ (BRO 04240(1)). |
| 1739 | 9 Apr. Potmaker, Limekiln Lane (Ao). |
| 1739 | 19 Apr. He took over the apprenticeship of John Bowen and James Grant from Charles Christopher (A). |
| 1739 | 31 Oct. Potter, Limekiln Lane (Ao). |
| 1739 | ‘By Mr Bundy’s note p. Chimney tile for Kempsey’s House 15s’ (BRO P/St Aug/ChW/1(d)). |
| 1741 | 9 Nov. His apprentices, George Drewett and William Garland, were transferred to James Gaynard as Bundy had died and his wife had left the trade (A). |
| Apprentices: With wife Elizabeth: George Drewett, 9 Apr 1739 (A, Ao, Ar) – transferred 9 Nov 1741 (A). James Grant, 19 Apr 1739 (A) John Bowen, 19 Apr 1739 (A) William Garland, 31 Oct 1739 (A, Ao, Ar) – transferred 9 Nov 1741 (A) |
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| Tax book entries: 1739-40 ‘Josiah Bundy for Tenemt. & Pothouse’ Cow Lane & Limekiln Lane (St Augustine’s-L) |
BUNDY William
Born c1862 in Bristol, the son of Joseph Bundy I (81C).
| 1881 | Labourer at pottery, 9 Albert Buildings, St Philip’s parish (18), living with his parents Joseph I and Hannah Bundy (81C). |
| 1885 | 3 May. 3 Cabot Street, Newfoundland Road, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| Child: Wife Rose Joseph, born 10 Apr 1885, bapt 3 May 1885 (PPR) |
BUNN Joseph
Born c1824 in Wedmore, Somerset (81C).
| 1881 | Labourer in pottery, 23 Tyler Street, St Philip’s parish (57), living with his wife Jane (66), born in Stowey [Nether Stowey], Somerset (81C). |
BURGESS John
Born c1831 in Ireland (61C).
| 1861 | 135 Temple Street, Temple parish (30) (61C). |
BURN Charles
Born c1854 in Bedminster (61C).
| 1861 | Rope Walk Cottages, Bedminster (6), living with his parents (61C). |
| 1871 | Pottery clerk, 48 Southville Road, Bedminster (17) (71C). |
| 1881 | Accountant, 17 Green Street, Bedminster (27), living with his wife Eliza Ann (28), born in Widcombe, Somerset, and daughter Edith A. (1), born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Pottery manufacturer (employer), 2 Archfield Road, Westbury-on-Trym (37), living with his wife Helen M. (32) and children including Annie Eugene (9), born in Bristol, and Helen (3), born in Bristol, and Edith A. Lovell (22) general servant and Elizabeth Moore (15), nurse servant (91C). |
| 1901 | Earthenware manufacturer (employer), 19 Elmdale Road, St Michael’s parish (47), living with his wife Helen M. (42) and children, and Kate Parsons (21), housemaid and Rose Lindsey (35), cook (01C). |
| 1905 | 26 Dec. He was recorded as the co-director, with Thomas B. Johnston, of Pountney and Co. Ltd. (Western Daily Press). |
| 1911 | Manufacturer in earthenware, managing director, 21 Oakfield Road, Clifton (57), living with his wife Helen Maria (52) and children, and Rosaline Stone (31), cook, and Alice Fake (25), housemaid (11C). |
| 1912 | 1 Sep. He died at 21 Oakfield Road, Clifton. He also had a house called Braeside in Bovey Tracey, Devon. He was a director of pottery companies. Probate was granted to Helen Maria Burn, widow, Henry George Hill, director of companies and Frederick George Salisbury, solicitor. His effects were valued at £22,544.4s.10d. |
BURNHAM Henry
Born c1854 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Potter (earthenware), 27 Great George Street, St Philip’s parish (17), living with his widowed mother, Mary (71C). |
BURTON John
| 1729 | 23 Oct. ‘Henry Jones agt. John Burton, potter in Water Lane’ (C). |
| 1730 | 2 Jul. ‘Henry Jones agt. John Burton potter at Mr Wards in Water Lane’ (C). See also James Ward. |
| 1731 | 23 Sep. ‘Henry Jones agt. John Burton potter at Mr Potterys potter under Brandon Hill (C). See also William Pottery. |
| 1732 | 18 Jan. ‘Thomas Walker agt. John Burton potter att Mr Potterys potter under Brandon Hill (C). |
| 1733 | 15 Feb. ‘Paul Townsend agt. John Burton potter at Mr Potterys under Brandon Hill’ (C). |
BUSH Caroline
Born c1873 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | 7 Harris’s Yard, Temple parish (18) (91C). |
BUSH Isaac
Born c1836 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | 42 Temple Street, Temple parish (15), the son of Isaac and Naomi Bush, publican (51C). |
BUSH John
The son of Charles Bush of Bristol, anchorsmith (A).
| 1710 | 30 Sep. He was apprenticed to Thomas and Sarah Dickson (A, Ar, Ao). |
| 1734 | 14 May. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1739 | Potter, St. Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1740 | He stood sureties of £5 each for Sarah Simmons, Sarah Hartland and Henry Ellis to keep alehouses in St. Mary Redcliffe parish (AKL). |
BUSH Richard
Born c1821 in Bristol (91C).
| 1861 | Labourer, Brick Yard, St Mary Redcliffe parish (37), living with his wife Elizabeth (30), and children Richard (17), John (15) and Stephen (4), all born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1871 | Publican, Marley Mow, Redcliffe Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (45), living with his wife Elizabeth (40) and son Stephen (14) (71C). |
| 1881 | Beer retailer, Barley Mow, 14 Redcliffe Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (57), living with his wife Elizabeth (50) and son Henry (17), born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter, widower, 1 Redcliffe Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (70), living with his son Steven (34), a publican, and his family (91C). |
BUSVINE John
Born c1832 in Hotwells, Clifton (81C).
| 1881 | Labourer potter, Bulls Court, Edward Street, St Philip’s parish (49), living with his wife Eliza (48) born in Baptist Mills and children Sarah (21), Jane (18), Mary Ann (17) and John (11), all born in Christchurch, Dorset (81C). |
BUTLER Eleanor Adelaide Ivy
Born c1893 in Horfield (11C).
| 1911 | Painter (artist), pottery, 12 Park Place, Upper Eastville (18) (11C). |
BUTLER James
Born c1839 in Vauxhall, London (81C, 01C).
| 1881 | Stone ware potter, 12 Miles Street, Vauxhall, Lambeth, London (42), living with his wife Catherine (33), born in Bristol, and daughter, Lily (8), born in Portobello, Scotland (81C). |
| 1901 | Potter, 2 Upper Culver Street, St Augustine’s parish (62), living with his wife Catherine (53), born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Possibly his widow, Catherine (64), who was living in 1 Foster’s Almshouse, Colston Street, St Augustine’s parish (11C). |
BUTT Charles
Born c1841 in St Philip’s parish, Bristol (61C).
| 1858 | 28 Dec. Albert Road, the son of Charles Butt, labourer, he married Leonora Lavinia Cole, the daughter of Thomas Cole, potter (HTPR). |
| 1859 | 13 Nov. Marsh, St Philip’s parish, on the baptism of his son Thomas (born 20 Oct 1859) (PPR). |
| 1861 | Redware potter, St Philip’s Marsh, St Philip’s parish (20), living with his wife Leonora (19) and child (61C). |
| *In 1871 he was a red ware potter in Acton Turville, Gloucestershire (71C). In 1881 and 1891 he was a red ware potter in Whiteparish, Wiltshire (81C, 91C). In 1901 he was a red ware potter in Bexhill, Sussex (01C) and in 1911 he was a red ware potter at Semington, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire (11C). |
BYE Edward
The son of Thomas Bye of Kingsweston, Gloucestershire, yeoman and the father of John Bye (A).
| 1676 | 19 Feb. He was apprenticed to Robert and Sarah Wastfield (A).
Pountney has wrongly recorded the apprenticeship as being that of Henry Bye (Pountney 1920, 295). |
| 1677 | 10 Jul. He witnessed the will of Robert Wastfield (PRO Prob. 11/355). |
| 1681 | 11 Oct. John the sone of E. Bye and Grace his wife was borone (BrisPR). |
| 1685 | 30 Feb. Edward the sone of the fore sd. E. Bye and Greace his wife was borone (BrisPR). |
| 1687 | 28 Nov. Joseph the sone of the fore sd. E. Bye and Greace his wife was borone (BrisPR). |
| 1698 | 14 May. He was described as a gallypotmaker of Brislington when his son, John, was apprenticed to Mary Orchard (A, Ar). |
| 1698 | 12 Sep. He was described as a gallypotmaker of Brislington when his son, Edward, was apprenticed to Mary Jenkins, weaver (Ar). |
| 1702 | 22 Oct. The wife of Edward Bye buried (BrisPR). |
| 1703 | 15 Apr. A gallypotmaker of Brislington he was granted a licence to marry Hester Cable, widow, of St Philip and Jacob parish (M). |
| 1704 | 6 Jul. Will: I Edward Bye of Barton Regis in the County of Gloucester gallypotmaker Doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and former following first and principally I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God that gave it my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried in Christian Buriall and as touching such worldly goods which God of his mercy hath bestowed upon me I dispose as followeth Item I doe give unto my son John Bye one shilling Item I doe give unto my son Edward Bye one shilling Item I doe give unto my son Joseph Bye one shilling Item I doe give unto my son Benjamin Bye one shilling Item All the rest of my goods and chattels my debts and Legacies being paid and funeral expences discharged I doe give unto my loving wife Hester …The above will was proved at Bristol on 4 October 1704 and probate was granted to his widow, Hester (BRO Will 1704). |
| 1704 | 7 Aug. The Baptist Burial Ground Register (Redcross Street) records: Brother Edward Bye, a potter died at the Blue Bowl in Barton Hundred, was interred in sis. Hyett’s grave (Pountney 1920, 45). |
| 1704 | 4 Oct. The inventory of an Edward Bye of Barton Regis, Gloucestershire survives: Item in the Kiching 60 pounds of pewter £1.14s.0d Item in Crocks and kittels brass £2.4s.0d Item in Iron Ware on 3 brass kandellsticks 10s.0d Item in the hall one tabell borde, Chest & Chaires 10s.0d Item in the Chamber over the Kiching one bed & furniture £1.10s.0d Item 2 Chests one Case of Draws 6 Chairs £1.4s.0d Item a paire of Brass Indirons 5s.0d Item one Chest 2 tabels 3 old flock beds with [illegible] £2.5s.0d Item in Barrels and Ware £2.10s.0d Item 2 peggs 10s.0d Item in Ready Mony £4.0s.0d Item his wearing apparel £1.0s.0d Item in Lumber goods and other goods not Apreysed 10s.0d Item in debts desperate 10s.0d Sum totall £19.2s.0d (BRO Inventory 1704 No.8) |
BYE George
Born c1804 (Ao).
| 1818 | 23 Sep. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (Ao). |
| 1827 | 3 Jun. Bedminster (PPR). |
| 1829 | 20 Sep. St Augustine’s parish (PPR). |
| 1830 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1833 | 13 Jan. St Augustine’s parish (PPR). |
| 1835 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1835 | 3 May. West Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1837 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1837 | 27 Aug. Castle Precincts (PPR). |
| 1841 | He is not mentioned in the census. His wife Elizabeth (35) was living in Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish, with her children Alice (8), Henry (4) and Richard (7 mths) (41C). |
| 1861 | 8 Sep. Noted as a potter when his son Henry Strange Bye a hatter of Jacob Street (23) married Elizabeth Riley (PPR). |
| Children: Wife Elizabeth George, bapt 3 Jun 1827 (PPR), William, bapt 20 Sep 1829 (PPR), Ann, bapt 13 Jan 1833 (PPR), Alice, bapt 3 May 1835 (PPR), Henry Strange (aged 3 wks), bapt 27 Aug. 1837 (PPR) |