Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
BAGGELEY William
Born c1861 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, the son of Thomas Baggeley (71C, 81C).
| 1871 | Potter’s handler, 87 Oxford Street, Bedminster (13), living with his parents and siblings (71C). |
| 1881 | He was a pawnbroker’s assistant and still living with his parents (81C). |
BAGGLEY Felix
Born c1834, the son of William Baggley (PPR).
| 1856 | 24 Dec. Potter of Taylor Street, St Philip’s parish, he married Mary Ann Webster (21) the daughter of Thomas Webster, potter (PPR). |
BAGGLEY William
| 1856 | 24 Dec. Noted as a potter when his son Felix, a potter, married Mary Ann Webster (PPR). |
BAGNELL (BIGNAL) Richard
Born c1842 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Labourer, 3 Temple Backs, Commercial Road, Temple parish (19), living with his wife Elizabeth (17), born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1866 | 17 Feb. ‘Richard Bagnell was charged with deserting his child, a flaxen-haired, interesting looking boy, and leaving him chargeable to the parish of Temple. It was the man’s only child. He was living apart from his wife, and with another woman. He pleaded an excuse that he was not in full work. He was employed at the Bristol Pottery. The magistrates committed him to a month’s imprisonment’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1871 | Lodging at 8 Atlas Terrace, St Philip’s parish (29) (71C). |
| 1881 | Earthenware potter, 17 Hillsbridge Parade, Bedminster (39), living with his wife Rose (31), born in Belfast, Ireland (81C). |
| 1891 | 177 Hillsbridge Road, Bedminster (49), living with his wife Rose (41), born in Swansea, South Wales (91C). |
| 1901 | Kiln burner, 58 Newbridge Road, St Luke’s, Brislington (60), living with his wife Rose (53), born in Belfast (01C). |
BAILEY Daniel
| 1830 | Union Row, Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
BAILEY George A.
Born c1801 or c1804 in Bristol (61C, 71C).
| 1861 | 5 Melsom Court, Temple Street, Temple parish (57) with wife Elizabeth (55). |
| 1871 | 6 Gays Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish (70) with wife Elizabeth and servant B. Brooks (71C). |
BAILEY John
| 1907 | 8 Mar. Nominations for the Bristol Guardians of the Poor, elections, District Ward included ‘John Bailey, pottery manager, 11 Glentworth Road, Redland’ (Western Daily Press). |
BAILEY Nathaniel
Born c1795 in Bristol (51C, 61C).
| 1808 | 16 Nov. Apprenticed to Daniel Organ (A). |
| 1817 | Dings, St Philip’s parish with wife Charlotte (PPR). |
| 1818 | He was one of the eight journeymen potters who were convicted of entering into an unlawful agreement for controlling and affecting Messrs. Wm. & Thos. Powell, and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment (BG). |
| 1826 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1828 | Stone potter, St Philip’s parish (JaPR). |
| 1829 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1832 | Union Road, Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Union Street, Dings, St Philip’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1837 | Union Road, Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1841 | Stone potter, Union Road, Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1847 | Oxford Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1851 | Stone potter, 1 Monmouth Place, St Philip’s parish (56), living with wife Charlotte (60) and family (51C). |
| 1852 | Oxford Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1861 | Stone ware potter, widower, Oxford Road, St Philip’s parish (67), living with daughter Charlotte and sister Hester, needlewoman (63), born St James’s parish (61C). |
| Children: Nathaniel George, bapt 24 Aug 1817 (aged 6 mths) (PPR), Caroline, bapt 26 Feb 1826 (PPR), Charlotte Gammon, bapt 4 May 1828 (JaPR) |
BAILEY Samuel
Born c1854 in Verwood, Dorset (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer in pottery, 2 Atlas Terrace, St Philip’s parish (17) (71C). |
BAKER Amelia
Born c1849 in Birmingham (51C).
| 1851 | ‘Works at the pottery’, 16 Avon Street, Temple parish (12), living with her parents William, a journeyman brass founder, and Elizabeth Baker (51C). |
BAKER Frederick
Born c1832 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Newfoundland Street, St Paul’s parish (29), living with his wife Isabella (29), born in Bristol, and children Ann (3), born in St Luke’s parish, Isabella (2) and Frederick (5 mths), both born in St Paul’s parish (61C). |
BAKER George
Born c1843 in Bristol (11C).
| 1911 | Labourer at pottery, widower, inmate of the Bristol City Workhouse, Eastville (68) (11C). |
BAKER Hester
Born c1855 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Potter, lathe turner, 19 Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (16), the daughter of Robert, a stableman (71C). |
BAKER Hilda May
Born c1897 in Yate (11C).
| 1911 | Pottery warehouse girl, 19 Ridgeway Road, Fishponds (14) (11C). |
BAKER Thomas
| 1799 | 29 Oct. A reference to a common sewer in Temple parish, running ‘under a dwelling house in Tower Street now in the occupation of Thomas Baker, potter’ (Q). |
BALD William
Born c1847 in Longton Park, Staffordshire (71C).
| 1871 | Boarding at 34 Weare Street, Bedminster (24) (71C). |
BALDWIN William
Born c1877 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1911 | Presser, sanitary work, boarding at 5 Coronation Avenue, Fishponds (34) (11C). |
BALL Percival Henry
| 1935 | 27 Mar. ‘Death in accordance with the medical evidence was the verdict recorded at an inquest held yesterday by the Bristol city coroner … on Percival Henry Ball (54) of Stock Road, Easton. The widow said her husband came out of the army in May 1919 and began work at the Bristol Pottery the following July. He had two machines to feed – one with flints and the other with stones. After he had been there about 6 years he was home ill every year for a month. He was seen by two doctors but he gradually got worse. He was taken off the crushing machine work in September 1931, after being examined by the doctor at the Pottery. He continued on light work until February 1933, since when he had not worked. He died on March 23. Dr A.L. Taylor, pathologist to the Bristol General Hospital said death was due to heart failure following fibrosis of the lungs due to silicosis’ (Western Daily Press). |
BALL William I
| 1872 | 11 Feb. Noted as a potter when his son Thomas Duncalf Ball, a farmer of Trinity Street, married Clara Ann Thatcher (HTPR). |
BALL William II
Born c1873 in Bedminster (91C).
| 1891 | 29 Herbert Street, Bedminster (18) (91C). |