Bristol Potters

Research by Reg Jackson

APPLEFORD Edward I

Born c1818 in Temple parish, the son of James Appleford and the father of Edward Appleford II (PPR, 91C).

1819	11 Apr. Baptised the son of James and Charlotte Appleford of Temple parish (PPR).
1841	Potter, East Buildings, St Catherine Place, St Philip’s parish (20), living with his parents (41C).
1841	Potter, Thomas Street, St Thomas parish, he married Mary Ann Winmill, daughter of Roger Winmill, glazier (ThPR).
1841	7 Nov. The Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1842	27 Mar. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1843	17 Sep. The Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1844	3 Sep. Temple parish (TPR).
1845-47	Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1849	23 Nov. Temple parish (PPR).
1851	Journeyman potter, 22 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (33), living with his wife Mary Ann (28), born in Bristol, and children, and his father James (51C).
1851-54	Temple parish (TPR).
1861	Temple Backs, Temple parish (43), living with his wife Mary (38) and children (61C).
1864	29 Jul. ‘Edward Appleford, potter, son of James Appleford, stone potter, a free burgess, deceased, fathers copy dated 11 June 1818, certificate of marriage 8 April 1813, baptism 11 April 1819, indorsed produced’ (FM).
1866	25 Dec. Noted as a potter when his son, Thomas, married Ann Crocker (PPR).
1871	27 Tower Street, Temple parish (53), living with his wife Mary and children (71C).
1871-73	27 Tower Street, Temple parish (WD).
1872	His daughter, Mary Ann, married Henry Joseph Howell, a potter (PPR).
1881	22 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (62), living with his wife Mary Ann (58), and children (81C).
1891	16 St Silas Place, St Philip’s parish (73), living with his wife Mary A. (70) (91C).
	Children: Eliza, bapt 7 Nov 1841 (aged 11 mths) (PPR), Edward, bapt 27 Mar 1842 (aged 3 wks) (PPR), Thomas, bapt 17 Sep 1843 (aged 3 wks) (PPR), Emily, bapt 3 Sep 1844 (TPR), Thomas, bapt 23 Nov 1845 (aged 29 days) (PPR), James, bapt 14 Nov 1847 (aged 3 wks) (PPR), Mary Ann, bapt 23 Nov 1849 (aged 3 wks) (PPR), Mary Anne, bapt 11 May 1851 (TPR), John, bapt 28 Nov 1852 (TPR), Charlotte, bapt 15 Jun 1854 (TPR), Emily, bapt 18 Jun 1854 (TPR), Emily, born c1865 in Bristol (81C), James, born c1863 in Bristol (81C)

APPLEFORD Edward II

Born 1842 in Temple Street, the son of Edward Appleford I (PPR, 81C)

1861	Potter, living with his parents in Temple Backs, Temple parish (61C).
1864-74	Union Road, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1871	3 Farr’s Buildings, Union Road, St Philip’s parish (29), living with his wife Caroline (26) and daughter Caroline (2), both born in Bristol (71C).
1881	Brown ware thrower, 3 Alma Place, Union Road, St Philip’s parish (39), living with his wife Caroline (36), born in St Philip’s parish, and children (81C).
1891	2 Smith Buildings, St Philip’s parish (48), living with his wife Caroline (46), born in Bristol, and children (91C).
1901	12 Glendare Street, St George (59), living with his wife Caroline (56) and son Samuel (18) (01C).
1911	His wife was a widow, aged 65, living as an inmate in the Bristol City Workhouse, Eastville (11C).
	Children: Edward John, born 5 Apr 1864, bapt 15 May 1864 (PPR), Caroline Matilda, born 26 Apr 1869, bapt 16 May 1869 (PPR0, Florence Louisa, born 30 Dec 1873, bapt 25 Jan 1874 (ppR), Edward, born c1877 in Bristol (91C), William, born c1880 in Bristol (91C), Samuel, born c1884 in Bristol (91C)

APPLEFORD James

Born c1791, the son of Edward Appleford of Bristol, tobacco-cutter, deceased (51C, A).

1793	24 Nov. Probably the James Appleford baptised in St Philip’s, the son of Edward and Sarah Appleford (Ancestry website).
1806	3 Jun. Appenticed to Edward Patience with £10 from Edward Colston Q.E.H. (A, Ao).
1813	8 Apr. Married his wife, Charlotte (FM).
1816	14 Apr. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1818	He was one of eight journeymen potters who was convicted of entering into an unlawful agreement for ‘controlling and affecting Messrs. Wm. & Thos. Powell, being persons carrying on the manufacture trade or business of a potter, in the conduct or management thereof, & severally sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for one month’. The Bright goblet to commemorate this event was made on 4 Dec. 1818 (Bristol Museum Acc. No. 2225). He was named as ‘Joseph Appleford’ in the newspaper report of the trial (BG).
1818	11 Jun. He became a free stone potter (F).
1819	11 Apr. Temple parish (PPR).
1821	Stone potter, Temple Back, Temple parish (P).
1821	5 Jul. Old Market, St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1823-30	St Philip’s parish (PPR).
1830-35	Stone potter, Avon Street, Temple parish (P).
1832 & 34	Stone potter, Avon Street, Temple (List of Electors BRO 04736).
1835	Presumably the Edward Appleford, stone potter, Avon Street, Temple parish (P).
1837-41	Stone potter, The Dings, St Philip’s parish (P).
1839	29 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter, Hannah Milsom, married George Sidney, an engineer (ThPR).
1841	East Buildings, Catherine Place, St Philip’s parish (50), living with his wife Charlotte (55) and children (41C).
1841	28 Jun. Noted as a potter when his son Edward I married Mary Ann Winmill (ThPR).
1851	Potter, widower, 22 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (60), living with his son, Edward I (51C).
1852	Temple parish (P).
1853	9 Aug. Probably the James Appleford, aged 61, buried at Temple church (Ancestry website).
	Children: Sarah, born 24 Mar 1816, bapt 14 Apr 1816 (PPR), Edward, bapt 11 Apr 1819 (aged 5 mths) (PPR), Thomas, bapt 15 Jul 1821 (aged 3 wks) (PPR), James, bapt 7 Sep 1823 (aged 3 wks) (PPR), John, bapt 18 Dec 1825 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 5 Dec 1830 (PPR), Hannah (Milsom) (ThPR – marriage)

ARBON Edward

1830	Temple Street, Temple parish (P).
1832-35	Church Street, Temple parish (P)
1832 & 34	Church Street, Temple parish (List of Electors BRO 04736).

ARCHER Edward

Born c1885 in Bristol (01C).

1901	Potter’s wedger, 18 St George’s Road, St Augustine’s parish (16) (01C).

ARCHER John

1739	16 Oct. He obtained his freedom as a potter resulting from his marriage to Sophia, the daughter of John Greening (F, G).
1739	St John’s parish (P).
1754	St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1755	21 Oct. Noted as a potter when his son William, was apprenticed to Robert Parker, a grocer (A).
1780	9 Sep. Noted as deceased on the freedom of William Daniel, a ropemaker, who had married his daughter Isabella (G).

ARNEY William

The son of Mathew Arney of Christchurch, Monmouthshire, yeoman, deceased (A).

1712	27 Sep. He was apprenticed to Thomas I and Elizabeth Frank, with friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar).

ASHBY Frederick

Born c1855 in Enfield, Middlesex (01C).

1891	Potter’s packer, lodging at 10 Lichfield Street, Hanley, Staffordshire (36) (91C).
1901	Pottery baker, inmate of the Bristol Workhouse, Eastville (46) (01C).

ATKINS George

1869	4 Mar. He was a lad employed at the Bristol Pottery, who was caught in the premises at night sleeping over one of the ovens (Western Daily Press).

ATKINS James Cornelius

1845	25 Dec. Potter of Spring Street, Bedminster, he married Ann Thomas, daughter of John Thomas, nailer (JBPR).

AUBEY Richard

Born c1851 in Uffculme, Devon (71C).

1871	11 Clift Street, St Philip’s parish (20), living with his wife Caroline Ann (26), born in Chew Magna, Somerset, and son Charles Richard (8 mths), born in Bristol (71C).

AUCKLAND George

1847	23 May. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish, with wife Sarah on the baptism of their daughter Sarah Ann (aged 6 wks) (PPR).

AUCKLAND Matilda

Born c1847 in St Philip’s parish, the wife of William Auckland (71C).

1871	Potter’s assistant, 29 St Silas Place, St Philip’s parish (24), living with her husband and daughter (71C).

AUCKLAND Thomas

Born 1810 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, the father of Julia Ann Testall and probably the father of William Auckland (51C, 71C).

1810	2 Feb. Born and baptised 12 Sep 1810 in St Giles and St Marys, Pontefract, the son of Abel Auckland (Ancestry website).
1851	Potter turner, Rowins Lane End, Swinton, Yorkshire (41), living with his wife Jane (29), born in Liverpool, and children Sarah Jane (10), born in Liverpool, John (8), born in Liverpool, Frances (6), born in Leeds, William (4), born in Leeds, Julia (2), born in Swinton, and Charlotte (2 mths), born in Swansea (51C).
1861	Potter, Holes, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire (51), living with his wife Jane (40), and children John (20), potter, Frances (17), lustre pot painter, William (15), potter, Julia (13), lustre pot painter, and Charlotte (11) (61C).
1871	Earthenware turner, 16 Stanley Street, St George (60), living with his wife Jane (49), born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, and his married daughter, Julia Ann Testall (22) (71C).
1881	Potter, 42 Smithy Lane, Whitwood, Yorkshire (71), living with his wife Jane (60) (81C).

AUCKLAND William

Born c1847 in Leeds, Yorkshire, probably the son of Thomas Auckland and the husband of Matilda Auckland (71C).

1871	29 St Silas Place, St Philip’s parish (24), living with his wife Matilda (24), potter’s assistant, and daughter Fanny (2), both born in St Philip’s parish (71C).

AULIFFE David M.

Born c1862 in Bristol (81C).

1881	Labourer in a ware pottery (21), 5 New Street, St Philip’s parish (81C).

BABER James

Born c1893 in Stapleton (11C).

1911	Potter’s mould maker, 40 Causeway, Fishponds (18) (11C).

BADDER (BADDY) Thomas

1699	24 Apr. Thomas Badder married Elizabeth Coleman (TPR).
1706	24 Jul. He stood surety for the appearance of Ruth, the wife of John Rawles, a weaver, at the next Sessions (T).
1711	13 Nov. Listed as a petitioner for admittance to Temple Church School: ‘Thomas the son of Thomas Badder, at Mr Heskins his Garden, baptised Nov 1705 … the child can do little as to his learning’ (TCS).
1712	1 Jul. Listed as a petitioner for admittance to Temple Church School: ‘Thomas the son of Thomas Baddy born Nov 1705 he lives at Grumbalds Ash’ (TCS).
1723	22 May. Noted as a gallypotmaker when his son, Thomas, was apprenticed to William Perry, a clothworker (A, Ar).
1725	28 Apr. Noted as a gallypotmaker when his son, Thomas, was discharged from his apprenticeship to William Perry (T).
1730	2 May. ‘A child of Tho. Baddy, a journeyman potter in Temple Yarde was interred’ (Pountney 1920, 38).
	Children: Wife Elizabeth: Elizabeth, born Nov 1701, bapt 23 Apr 1703 (TPR), Thomas, bapt 25 Nov 1705 (TPR)

BAGGELEY (BEGGELLY) Robert

The father of Thomas Baggelly (JBPR).

1856	16 Jun. Noted as a potter of New Cut, Bedminster, when his son Thomas married Tabitha Sarah Watkins (JBPR).

BAGGELEY Thomas

Born c1832 in Longton, Staffordshire, the son of Robert Baggeley and the father of William Baggeley (JBPR, 61C, 71C, 81C).

1856	16 Jun. A potter of New Cut, Bedminster, he married Tabitha Sarah Watkins (22) (JBPR).
1857	23 Aug. New Town (possibly Bedminster) (PPR).
1859	12 Jun. Harford Square, Bedminster (PPR).
1861	Journeyman potter, 6 Harford Square, Bedminster (28), living with his wife Tabitha (29), born in Staffordshire, and children (61C).
1871	Potter’s handler, 87 Oxford Street, Bedminster (39), living with his wife Tabitha, and children (71C).
1878	11 Feb. His daughter, Elizabeth Mary, married Thomas John Salter, a letter carrier (JBPR). Thomas witnessed the marriage.
1881	Potter handler, 42 St Luke’s Road, Bedminster (48), living with his wife Tabitha S. (49), born in Monmouthshire, and son William J. (20) (81C).
1891	38a St Luke’s Road, Bedminster (59), living with his wife Tabitha (59), born in Llanlillo, Monmouthshire (91C).
	Children: Alfred, bapt 23 Aug 1857 (aged 2 mths) (PPR), Elizabeth Mary, bapt 12 Jun 1859 (aged 7 wks) (PPR), William J. (aged 3 mths), born in St Mary Redcliffe parish (61C), Amy A., born c1863 in Stoke on Trent (71C)