Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
CANTLE Thomas I
The son of William Cantle of Bedminster, Somerset, thatcher (A). He was the father of Thomas II, Edward and Joseph Cantle.
| 1712 | 9 Feb. He was apprenticed to Henry and Hannah Hobbs (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1725 | 22 Oct. He became a free potmaker (F, G). |
| 1727 | 23 May. A potmaker of St Mary Redcliffe parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to Tobias Butler, victualler (M). |
| 1727 | 7 Oct. A potmaker of Bristol, he was bondsman for John Mould, victualler, in respect of the administration of the estate of Judith Aldridge, spinster (Adm). |
| 1730 | 11 Jan. A potter of Bedminster he was bondsman for Isaac Belcher, housecarpenter (Adm.). |
| 1734 | Potmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1739 | Potmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1741 | 14 May. A potpainter of St Mary Redcliffe parish, he was bandsman to a licence granted to John Lyman, tailor (M). |
| 1744 | He stood surety of £5 for Nathaniel Cambridge to keep an alehouse in St Mary Redcliffe parish (AKL). |
| 1745 | 10 May. A potmaker of Bristol, he was bondsman for William Perkins, wiredrawer (Adm.). |
| 1747 | 27 Jun. His son, Edward, became a free potmaker (F, G). |
| 1749-68 | Either Thomas Cantle I or II stood sureties of £5 each for eighteen victuallers to keep alehouses in Temple, St Mary Redcliffe, St Stephen, St Thomas and St Nicholas parishes (AKL). |
| 1750 | 5 Sep. He was described as a potter, when his son, Joseph, was apprenticed to Thomas Cantle II (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1754 | Potmaker, Temple parish (P). |
| 1755 | Possibly the Thomas Cantle who was landlord of the Flower Pot alehouse in Temple Street (McGrath & Williams 1979, 19). |
| 1761 | 7 Oct. A potter of Bristol he was a bondsman to the administration of the estate of Francis Allen (Adm.). |
| 1763 | 26 Aug. A potter of Bristol he was a bondsman to the administration of the estate of Richard Hobbs of Bristol, victualler (Adm.). |
| 1772 | 29 Jul. Thomas Cantle buried (TPR). |
| 1772 | 30 Jul and 1 Aug. ‘Monday died aged 82, Mr Thomas Cantle, potter, in Temple Street’ (BG, FFJ). |
| Rate and tax book entries: Property 1: 25 Dec 1735-25 Dec 1743] Thomas Cantle, Redcliff Hill and Guinea Street (SMR-LS) [25 Dec 1743-25 Dec. 1744] Thomas Cantle void Redcliffe Hill & Guinea Street (SMR-LS).Property 2: [25 Dec 1743-25 Dec 1744 Thomas Cantle Redcliffe Hill, Churchyard & Cathay (SMR-LS)Property 3: 25 Dec 1739-25 Dec 1743] Thomas Cantle Brickyard & Pile Street (SMR-LS). Property 4: Property 5: Property 6: |
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| Children: Thomas, bapt 23 May 1721 (RPR), Elizabeth, bapt 21 Oct 1723 (RPR), Edward, bapt 10 Jul 1726 (RPR), Joseph, bapt 25 Dec 1728 (RPR), Precilla, bapt 14 Nov 1731 (RPR), Rachel, bapt 24 Mar 1734 (RPR), Joseph, bapt 9 Aug 1736 (RPR), Ann, bapt 9 Aug 1736 (RPR) |
CANTLE, Thomas II
See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.
He took over the Water Lane Pottery from Frances Ward.
| 1746-56 | Thomas Cantle II ran the Water Lane Pottery. |
He was succeeded at the Water Lane Pottery by William Taylor.
Born 1721, the son of Thomas Cantle I and the brother of Edward and Joseph Cantle.
| 1746 | 15 Apr. ‘Thomas Cantell, the younger, potter. His father Thomas Cantell (now living) has a right to the Freedom of the City by serving seven years apprenticeship with Henry Hobbs, Free Burgess, but he had neglected to take this up until after the Petitioner was born. The Petitioner has lived in houses of upwards £10 in rent per annum for the past two and half years in Bristol’. Freedom was granted on payment of 40 shillings (BRO Wooden Box Bundle 2 no.3; PF). |
| 1746 | He became a free potter ‘by order of Com. Council and £2 fine’ (F, G). |
| 1746 | 19 and 26 Apr. ‘Notice is hereby given That the Pot-House in Water-Lane, Temple Street, late Ward’s, is now occupied, and the Work carried on by Thomas Cantle, jun., and Co., by whom all Persons may be supplied with all Sorts of Earthenware, on most reasonable Terms’ (BO). |
| 1746-49 | A potter or potmaker of Water Lane (Ao). |
| 1749 | 9 Aug. A potter of Temple parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to George Brown, gentleman (M). |
| 1749-68 | Either Thomas Cantle I or II stood sureties of £5 each for eighteen victuallers to keep alehouses in Temple, St Mary Redcliffe, St Stephen, St Thomas and St Nicholas parishes (AKL). |
| 1749-53 | Potter, Temple Street or Water Lane (Ao). |
| 1750 | 3 Feb. A potter of Temple parish he was bondsman to a licence granted to William Downe of St James’s parish, cordwainer (M). |
| 1750 | 4 Apr. ‘To be sold … by Auction on Thursday Fourth April … a Messuage or Dwelling house and several Buildings contiguous thereto, erected for carrying on the Business of an Earthen potter, with Stables, a large court and all conveniences for carrying on that Business: together with a Close of very good ground adjoining thereto called Rack Close containing about an Acre … in the occupation of Mr Thomas Cantle, Potter and Co. at the yearly rent of £40 …’ BWI). |
| 1754 | Potter, Temple Street (Ao). |
| 1754 | Possibly the Thomas Cantle who petitioned for the posts of Exchange Keeper and Inspector of Nuisances (BRO Wooden Box 1754 Bundle 19, nos. 7 & 8). |
| 1754 | 5 Jun. ‘Information of Boon Powell servant to Thomas Cantle, potter, against Mary Spragot …’ (BRO Wooden Box 1754 Bundle 2, no. 10). |
| 1754 | 10 Jun. He was to appear at the next Quarter Sessions to give evidence against Mary ‘Spragger’ for a felony (T). |
| 1757 | He stood surety of £5 for Joseph Sheppard to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1757 | 12 Jan. The will of Philip Olway of Bristol, innholder ‘And all my other Goods, Chattels and Effects … I give and bequeath unto Mr Cornelius Adams Apothecary, Mr Thomas Cantle the Younger Potter and Mr Edward Cook Wine Merchant …’ (BRO Will 1759/15). |
| 1759 | 22 Feb. Described as a gentleman of Temple parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to Edward Richard, sugar baker, to marry Mary Cantle. This may have been Cantle’s daughter (M). |
| 1759 | 9 Mar. The will of Thomas Buckler of Bristol, mariner, ‘I give … the use of all my Household Goods Plate Linnen and Furniture … to my Niece Bersha Cantell, Daughter of Thomas Cantell of Bristol Potter … I direct that my said Trustees shall pay and apply and dispose of [the rest of the estate] … amongst the children of my Couzin Thomas Cantle namely Bersheba Cantle and my Couzin Margaratt Downe …’ (BRO Will 1761/13). |
| 1760-65 | Various warrants survive which were signed by Thomas Cantle, who had been appointed Keeper of Newgate Prison (BRO Wooden Boxes 1760, 1764, 1765). |
| 1766 | 18 Sep. Thomas Cantle buried (TPR). |
| 1789 | 21 Nov. ‘Saturday last died Mrs Cantle, widow of Mr Thomas Cantle, formerly keeper of Newgate, in this city’ (BMBJ). |
| Apprentice: With wife Bathsheba: Edward Brent, 7 Jun 1746 (a, Ao, Ar) – 26 Jun 1747 (F, G) Samuel Davis, 16 Aug 1746 (A, Ao, Ar) Philip James, 9 Jan 1747 (A, Ao, Ar) – 29 Mar 1754 (F) Benjamin Quarman, 5 May 1747 (A) – 21 Feb 1756 (F, G) Joseph Milward, 14 Sep 1747 (A, Ao, Ar) John Quarman, 25 May 1748 (A, Ao, Ar) – 21 Feb 1756 (F, G) John Williams I, 9 Sep 1749 (A, Ar) John Brittan, 2 Jan 1750 (A, Ao, Ar) – 14 Mar 1757 (F, G) Joseph Cantle, 5 Sep 1750 (A, Ao, Ar) John Smith II, 11 Mar 1751 (A, Ao, Ar) – transferred 26 Jun 1756 (A) Caleb Lovell, 8 Aug 1751 (A, Ao, Ar) – transferred 26 Jun 1756 (A) Harvey Blatchley, 3 Sep 1751 (A, Ao, Ar) Henry Bishop, 26 Sep 1751 (A, Ao, Ar) – 27 Apr 1784 (F, G) John Husband, 14 Jul 1752 (A, Ao, Ar) John Perrins, 11 Apr 1753 (A, Ao, Ar) – transferred 26 Jun 1756 (A) Thomas Lewin, 20 Oct 1753 (A, Ao, Ar) – transferred 26 Jun 1756 (A) |
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| Rate and tax book entries: Property 1: 25 Mar 1747-25 May 1757] Thomas Cantle jnr/Cantle & Co. Water Lane (Temple-W,L)Property 2: [25 Mar 1757-25 Mar 1760 Thomas Cantle jnr Temple Backs (Temple-W,L) |
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| Children: Wife Bathsheba Mary, bapt 14 Apr 1740 (RPR), John, bapt 25 Oct 1742 (RPR) |
CAPLE (CAPEL) Angelina
Born c1840 in St Philip’s parish, the daughter of Henry Caple and the sister of Mary A. and Henry William Caple and Mary A. Robe (51C, 61C, 71C).
| 1871 | Potter figure maker, 1 Johnson’s Buildings, St Philip’s parish (15), living with her mother and sibling (71C). |
CAPLE (CAPEL, CABLE) Esther
Born c1816 in St Philip’s parish (61C) or Whitehaven, Cumberland (51C, 81C), the wife of Henry Caple and mother of Henry William, Mary A., Angelina Caple and Mary A. Robe.
| 1841 | Living with her husband William (Henry) Caple in Mary Row, St Philip’s parish (41C). |
| 1851 | Handler (probably a pottery handler) (36), living with her husband Henry and children at 4 Henry Row, Barton Place, St Philip’s parish (51C). |
| 1861 | Potter, widow, Prospect Place, St Philip’s parish (45) living with her children (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter handler, widow, 1 Johnson’s Buildings, St Philip’s parish (56), living with her children Mary A. (20) and Angelina (15), both born in Cumberland (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter’s assistant, widow, 1 Johnson Buildings, St Philip’s parish (67) living with her daughter, Mary A. Robe, potter’s assistant (81C). |
CAPLE (CAPEL, CABLE) Henry
Born c1816 in Bristol, the husband of Esther Caple and the father of Henry William, Mary A., Angelina Caple and Mary A. Robe (51C, 61C, 71C).
| 1841 | Mary Row, St Philip’s parish (25) (note: name given as William), living with his wife Hester and child Henry (41C). |
| 1851 | 4 Henry Row, Barton Place, St Philip’s parish (36) living with his wife Esther (36), handler, and children (51C). |
| 1859 | 1 Feb. Noted as a potter when his son William Henry Capel (18) a potter of Baptist Mills married Fanny Sarah Leggett (18) (HTPR). |
| 1861 | His wife was a widow (61C). |
| Children: Henry William, born c1841 in St Philip’s parish (61C), Elizabeth, born c1844 in St Philip’s parish (61C), Sarah Ann, born c1847 in St Philip’s parish (61C), Mary Ann, born c1840 in St Philip’s parish (61C), Angelina, born c1856 in St Philip’s parish (61C) |
CAPLE (CAPEL, CABLE) Henry William (sometimes William Henry)
Born c1841 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Henry and Esther Caple and brother of Angelina and Mary A. Caple and Mary Ann Robe (nee Caple) (61C).
| 1861 | Potter, Prospect Place, St Philip’s parish (20) living with his mother and family (61C). |
| 1859 | 1 Feb. Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (18) he married Fanny Sarah Leggett (18) of Pennywell Road, the daughter of James Leggett, brewer (HTPR). |
| 1862 | 6 Jul. New Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1864 | 17 Jul. New Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1865 | Catalogue of Industrial Exhibition 97. Workman at White’s Pottery, Baptist Mills Henry Cable – turner – 2 large teapots, Rockingham, stone ware (Bristol Reference Library B.1023 Bristol Tracts) |
| 1866 | 10 Jun. Newfoundland Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1868 | 12 Apr. Pennywell Road, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1870 | 19 Jun. Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | Potter thrower, 1 Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (30), living with his wife Fanny (30) and children (71C). |
| 1871 | 24 Dec. Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1881 | Potter turner, 11 Blenheim Street, St Philip’s parish (40) living with his wife and children (81C). |
| 1888 | 14 Oct. Noted as a potter when his son Ernest William (21) shoemaker of Old Market Street married Annie Brookman (19) (PPR). |
| 1891 | Potter turner, 60 Claremont Street, St Philip’s parish (50), living with his wife Fanny (50) and children (91C). |
| 1901 | 32 Claremont Street, St Simon’s parish (60), living with his wife Fanny (61) and children (01C). |
| 1911 | Accountant, friendly societies, widower, Glyn Lyn, Clifton Place, Stapleton Road, St Philip’s parish (70), living with his daughters Fanny and Elizabeth (11C). |
| Children: James William, born 28 May 1862, bapt 6 Jul 1862 (PPR), Henry Albert, born 17 Jun 1864, bapt 17 Jul 1864 (PPR), Florence Eliza, born 10 Jun 1866, bapt 11 May 1866 (PPR), Ernest Henry, born 22 Mar 1868, bapt 12 Apr 1868 (PPR), William Arthur, born 24 Jan 1870, bapt 19 Jun 1870 (PPR), Fanny Louise, born 13 Nov 1871, bapt 24 Dec 1871 (PPR), Henry, born c1877 in Bristol (81C), Albert, born c1879 in Bristol (81C), Alfred, born c1881 in Bristol (91C), Elizabeth, born c1884 in Bristol (91C), Frederic, born c1886 in Bristol (91C) |
CAPLE (CAPEL) Mary A.
Born c1840 in St Philip’s parish, the daughter of Henry Caple and the sister of Angelina and Henry William Caple and Mary A. Robe (51C, 61C, 71C).
| 1871 | Potter handler, 1 Johnson’s Buildings, St Philip’s parish (20), living with her mother and sibling (71C). |
CAPPER Henry
Born c1890 in Tunstall, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1901 | Brick yard boy, 14 Copley Street, Tunstall (15), living with his parents and siblings (01C). |
| 1911 | Glost placer, boarding at 20 Ernestville Road, Fishponds (21) (11C). |
CAPPER Philip
Born c1886 in Line Houses, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1911 | Potter’s placer, boarding at 16 Ernestville Road, Fishponds (11C). |
CAREY ELIZABETH
Born c1841 in St Philip’s parish (71C).
| 1871 | Works at pottery, 9 Pinnell Street, St Philip’s parish (30), living with her husband, Cornelius, a labourer (71C). |
CAREY John
| 1754 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
CARPENTER Frederick
Born c1879 in Bristol (11C).
| 1911 | Stoneware pottery, 66 Whitehouse Lane, Bedminster (32) (11C). |
CARSHORE John
| 1732 | 10 Aug. ‘William Plowman agst. John Carshore potter at Mr Wards in Water Lane’ (C). (See also James Ward) |
CARTER Henry
See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.
The Pottery had previously been run by Joseph Ring I.
| 1788-1815 | Henry Carter was a partner in the Water Lane Pottery. |
Henry Carter had been associated with the pottery since January 1788 under the partnership of Joseph Ring I, William Taylor I and Henry Carter.
Following Joseph Ring I’s death in April 1788, Henry Carter entered into partnership with William Taylor I and Elizabeth Ring, Joseph’s widow.
The partnership between these three was dissolved on 31 December 1791 and Elizabeth Ring retired from the firm which continued under the partnership of Henry Carter and Robert Ring, the brother of Joseph Ring I, trading as Ring and Carter.
This partnership continued until 1798 when Henry Carter was running the Pottery alone.
By 1800 a partnership existed between Henry Carter and Joseph Ring II, both Joseph Ring II and Henry Carter being described as potters in Water Lane, and the concern being known as Henry Carter and Company.
In April 1813 Henry Carter and Joseph Ring II entered into partnership with John Decimus Pountney.
When Joseph Ring II died in May 1813 the partnership was between Henry Carter and John Decimus Pountney.
The partnership between Carter and Pountney was dissolved in October 1815.
The Pottery was then run by J.D. Pountney and Edwin Allies.
| 1788 | 9 Jan. Joseph Ring I took Henry Carter and William Taylor I into partnership in the Water Lane Pottery, the firm trading as Ring, Taylor and Carter (Owen 1873, 350). On the death of Joseph Ring I in April 1788 his place in the partnership was taken by his widow, Elizabeth Ring. |
| 1791 | 31 Dec. The partnership between Elizabeth Ring, William Taylor I and Henry Carter was dissolved and replaced by a partnership between Robert Ring and Henry Carter, the firm trading as Ring and Carter (BMBJ 11 Feb 1792). |
| 1792 | 13 Jun. ‘Tuesday was married at St Augustine’s church … Mr Henry Carter of Woollard in the county of Somerset, and one of the proprietors of the Queen’s-ware manufactory in this city, to Miss Madge, daughter of the late Captain Madge, of Orchard-street’ (BMBJ). |
| 1798 | Henry Carter, only Queen’s Ware Manufactory, Water Lane, Temple Backs. Retail Warehouse: 14 Bath Street (MD). |
| 1798 | Henry Carter was reported, but not charged, for having a sign board insecurely fixed to his china shop in Bath Street. |
| 1798 | 3 Mar. A list of subscribers for the Defence of the Country: ‘Temple parish – Henry Carter, Churchwarden of Temple in lieu of the dinner usually given by the Churchwarden on the going out of office £25. Henry Carter, Bristol Pottery £10.10s.0d. The journeymen and apprentices employed in the Bristol Pottery by Henry Carter £5.0s.0d’ (FFJ). |
| 1799-1815 | Henry Carter and H. Carter & Co. were exporting earthenware to Guernsey, Jersey, Waterford, Gijon (Spain), Ferrol (Spain), Ribadeo (Spain), Pontevedra (Spain), Cadiz, Corunna, Vigo, Bilbao, Oporto, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Madeira, Jamaica, Barbados, Nevis, St Kitts, Trinidad, Honduras, Boston and Newfoundland (PB-EXP). |
| 1800 | 18 Jun. ‘The Information of Samuel Wallis workman to Henry Carter of Temple Backs, potter, and Thomas Goller, hallier, to the said Henry Carter. First the Informant Samuel Wallis on his oath saith that last Night the seventeenth Instant about Ten o’clock he saw a person now present giving his name William Bobbett got over a wall belonging to Mr Carter’s pottery and waited and saw him come over the wall again [when] he appeared to have a Bundle with him of a Dark colour and the Informant Thomas Goller … saith that the hempen sack now produced was borrowed by this Informant of Henry Walters … and the sack was in his master Mr Carter’s premises …’ (Q). |
| 1802 | 4 Mar. ‘Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs. Henry Carter, Manufacturer of Blue Printed, Enamelled Table Services, Blue, Green, and Colour Edged Painted, and Cream-Coloured Wares, etc, etc. Takes the liberty to solicit the orders of Merchants, Captains and Dealers, which, in consequence of constantly employing more than One Hundred People in the manufacturing of the above articles, he can execute at short notice, and on the most advantageous terms. He also claims the attention of the public to his large and extensive Ware-Room, at Mrs. Ring’s, No. 14 Bath Street opposite the Porter Brewery, where families can be supplied with Services, Desert Sets, etc. etc. – Also every other useful and ornamental article, and which, from his extensive connections, combined with his own manufacture, he is enabled to sell on much lower terms than any other person in this City. Japanned Tea Trays, waiters, etc. etc. Table and Desert Services, enamelled with Arms, Crests, Cyphers, etc.’ (BG). |
| 1802 | 26 May. Grand Jury Presentment regarding the common sewer in Temple parish refers to the ‘sewer under Church Lane across and under part of Temple Church yard and thence across a yard and buildings in the occupation of Henry Carter, potter, partly in Water Lane and partly in Temple Backs’ (Q). |
| 1803-06 | Henry Carter, Bull Lane, Kingsdown (MD). |
| 1805-07 | Henry Carter & Co. Manufacturers of printed, painted, enamelled and cream coloured earthenwares, Water Lane, Temple Back. Retail warehouse for glass, china, earthenware, etc., 14 Bath Street. Sugar, chimney and garden pot manufactory, Water Lane, Temple Back (MD). |
| 1807-13 | Henry Carter, 7 Unity Street, College Green (MD). |
| 1807 | 10 Sep. ‘Bristol Pottery, Temple-Backs. Henry Carter & Co. Earthen-Ware Manufacturers. Inform the Merchants, Captains, Dealers, and the Public in general, that they manufacture Goods calculated for all the Foreign Markets, as well as for the Home Trade; and at the same time assure them, that they may depend upon a prompt and punctual attention to their orders. The Retail Warehouse, at No.14 Bath-Street, opposite the Porter Brewery, carried on by Joseph Ring, who has a constant supply of the most elegant and fashionable assortment of china, glass and earthen-ware, which he is enabled to sell on the most reasonable terms. N.B. Admission tickets to the Manufactory to be had at the Retail Warehouse, any day except Saturday’ (FFJ). |
| 1808-13 | Henry Carter & Co. Manufacturers of printed, painted, enamelled and cream coloured earthenwares, Water Lane, Temple Back. Retail warehouse for glass, china, earthenware, etc., 14 Bath Street. |
| 1810 & 12 | ‘Paid by Henry Carter, Coal Yard, etc. Temple Back £2’ (Temple-Ch). |
| 1812 | 26 Sep and 3 Oct. ‘Pottery Coal Wharf, Temple Back. Carter & Ring beg leave to inform their Friends and the Public, that they have on sale a constant supply of Welsh Coal, of a very superior quality … Purchasers at this Wharf will avoid the inconvenience arising from an accumulation of Small Coal as a great proportion is separated for the use of the Pottery. The weight of each load is ascertained by a correct weighting machine, lately erected on an improved principle. N.B. Orders forwarded to their Counting-House, the Post Office, or at the China and Glass Warehouse, 14 Bath Street, will be punctually attended to’ (FFJ). |
| 1813 | 5 Apr. Henry Carter, Joseph Ring II and John Decimus Pountney entered into partnership, the firm being known as Carter and Pountney. |
| 1813 | 17 Jul. ‘Bristol Pottery and earthenware manufactory, Temple Backs. The firm of Carter, Ring and Pountney, being dissolved by the death of Mr Joseph Ring, the manufactory is continued by Henry Carter and John Decimus Pountney, under the firm of ‘Carter and Pountney’, who manufacture porcelain, black Egyptian, blue printed and enamalled table services, and every article requisite for the home and export trade. Crates calculated for the foreign markets ready to be shipped immediately; also, small family crates, for domestic use, forwarded to order’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1813-16 | Carter & Pountney. Manufacturers of printed, painted, enamelled and cream coloured earthenwares, Water Lane, Temple Back. Pottery Coal Wharf, Temple Back (MD). |
| 1814 | 21 May. ‘Died … On the 23rd of April Mrs Carter, wife of Henry Carter, Esq., Bristol Pottery’ (FFJ). |
| 1815 | 18 Feb. Henry Carter, potter, leased land called Bath Avon in Temple parish on which had been built two stables and a tenement. It was bounded on the north-east by the River Avon and on the south by the road running to the Powder House [that is, Tower Harratz on the Portwall]. The lease was taken on the lives of John Decimus Pountney, aged 26 and Edward Carter, son of the lessee, aged 10 (BRO 00206). In 1840 the lease of the property was granted to Richard Frank Ring, coal merchant, and included ‘all those four messuages or dwellinghouses and offices … built by Henry Carter, potter …’ (BRO 00206). |
| 1815 | 28 Oct. ‘Partnerships dissolved: Carter & Pountney of Bristol, earthenware dealers’ (FFJ). |
| Rate and tax book entries: Property 1: 29 Sep 1797-25 Sep 1812 Henry Carter/Henry Carter & Co. Water Lane (Temple-L,Wa,PR,LS,H)Property 2: Retail warehouse, Bath Street 29 Sep 1798-25 Sep 1812 Henry Carter/Henry Carter & Co. Bath Street (Temple-L,Wa,PR,LS,H) |
CARTWRIGHT Theophilus
Born c1817 in Bristol (41C).
| 1841 | Crown Court, Temple parish (24) (41C). |
CARWALL Alfred
Born c1836 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | 7 Church Street, Temple parish (81C). |
CASE Rosina
Born c1884 in St Philip’s parish (01C).
| 1901 | Glazing ware at potteries, 9 Grafton Street, St Silas parish (17) (01C). |
CASKER Bridgett
Born c1872 in St James’s parish (91C).
| 1891 | Potteress, 3 Eugene Terrace, St James’s parish (19) (91C). |
CAULTON John
| 1776 | 25 Dec. Mary, daughter of John and Mary Caulton of Jacob Street, china printer, baptised (PPR). |
CAUNTER Jonathan
Born c1844 in Widdicombe in the Moor, Devon (01C).
| 1891 | Carter, 107 Meriton Street, St Silas parish (48), living with his wife Mary (43) and children (91C). |
| 1900 | 7 Feb. His address was given as the Albert Pottery (Western Daily Press). |
| 1901 | Labourer in pottery, 9 Short Street, St Silas parish (57), living with his wife Amelia, born in Devon (01C). |
| 1911 | Gardener, 2 Corporation Buildings, Chapel Street, St Philip’s Marsh (68), living with his wife Amelia (11C). |