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Title: potter factory
Post by: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 13:26 GMT (UK)
where in byker would there be a potter factory in 1866 my ancestor was a potter journyman and would like to find out where he worked
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: stanmapstone on Thursday 19 March 15 13:36 GMT (UK)
It could be the Maling Pottery. If you Google Maling Pottery Byker you will get plenty of information.

Stan
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 13:40 GMT (UK)
thanks i will give it ago now
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: stanmapstone on Thursday 19 March 15 13:45 GMT (UK)
You can see the pottery on the map at http://maps.nls.uk/view/101099387#zoom=4&lat=3478&lon=2310&layers=BT called the "B" Ford Pottery.

Stan
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 13:50 GMT (UK)
from what i can see the pottery didnt take place there till 1878 my ancesters worked there in 1866
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: KGarrad on Thursday 19 March 15 13:54 GMT (UK)
Do you know for certain that he worked in a pottery factory, and not just for a small business?

Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 13:58 GMT (UK)
on all the certificates i have as in marriage and death also of his children births it just says potter journyman also on census
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: KGarrad on Thursday 19 March 15 14:03 GMT (UK)
From bykerlives.com:

1859. Robert Maling relocates his pottery from Sunderland to Ford St, Byker.


A journeyman is someone who has completed an apprenticeship, but is not yet a Master.
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 14:09 GMT (UK)
in 1851 he was living in thornaby on tees then in 1861 byker
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: stanmapstone on Thursday 19 March 15 14:29 GMT (UK)
Quote from: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 13:50 GMT (UK)
from what i can see the pottery didnt take place there till 1878 my ancesters worked there in 1866

The Ford Pottery, Ballast Hills, later known as the Old Ford Pottery, was built by C.T. Maling in 1859. In 1879 C.T. Maling built the New Ford Pottery, and it was at one time the largest pottery in Britain.

Stan
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 14:43 GMT (UK)
is the potter still there or has it been pulled down ? .. i wounder if theres any workforce records surviving today ?
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: stanmapstone on Thursday 19 March 15 14:44 GMT (UK)
Just to say that between about 1730, and the closure of the Maling New Ford factory in 1963, more than a hundred firms produced pottery in Tyneside.

Stan
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 14:46 GMT (UK)
ok thanks, ... mine could of worked at any one  :'(
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: stanmapstone on Thursday 19 March 15 14:52 GMT (UK)
Quote from: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 14:43 GMT (UK)
is the potter still there or has it been pulled down ? .. i wounder if theres any workforce records surviving today ?

The whole area has been redeveloped see http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=16&lat=54.9708&lon=-1.5806&layers=171&right=Rmapboxsatellite

Stan
Title: Re: potter factory
Post by: oldhippyone on Thursday 19 March 15 15:00 GMT (UK)
ok thanks .... it was a daft idea i had anyway  ::)