See the Potteries section for the Temple Back Pottery 1.
c1801-03 | Richard Skidmore may have been running the Temple Back Pottery 1. |
It was then taken over by Edward Patience.
The son of Richard Skidmore of St Philip’s parish, smith (A).
1773 | 10 Mar. He was apprenticed to James and Elizabeth Hill, £20 paid with the apprentice (A, Ao). |
1780 | 2 Sep. He became a free bricklayer and potmaker (F). (This suggests he was making crucibles and building furnaces for the glass works). |
1781 | Bricklayer and potmaker, St Philip’s parish (F). |
1792 | Potter, Thomas Street (RD). |
1795 | Potmaker, St Philip’s parish (MD). |
1801-02 | Potmaker for glass houses, Temple Back (MD). |
1803 | Potmaker, Temple Back (MD). |