Barton Hill Pottery
From Graces Guide
Red earthenware potters of Queen Ann Road, Barton Hill, Bristol.
Products included utilitarian crockery, horticultural wares and chimney pots.
- 1804-09 Owned and founded by Josiah Duffett (1756-1830).
- 1809-35 Owned and run by James Duffett I (1788-1861, son of Josiah Duffett).
- 1836-55 Run by James Duffett II (1812-81, son of James Duffett I).
- 1849 James Duffett II declared bankrupt.
- 1856-63 Owned and run by William Hutchings (1812-78).
- 1865-86 Owned and run by Alfred Niblett (1841-1918).
- 1887 Run by Stephen Hollister (1851-1925).
- 1888 Niblett was declared bankrupt on the 26 October. The pottery was subsequently occupied by the scrap-metal merchant Harris Bros. and in 1924 the building was converted into a firelighter, candle and polish factory factory for the grocery chain Pybus Brothers.
- 1940 Factory burnt down.
- 2013 Site of the pottery archaeologically excavated by Bristol and Region Archaeological Services.
See Also
Sources of Information
Mason, C. 2017 Barton Hill Pottery and the post-medieval redware industry
in Bristol, Post-Medieval Archaeology 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2016.1261540
Reg Jackson Bristol Potters and Potteries http://bristolpottersandpotteries.org.uk/potteries.php