BO'NESS POTTERY

The Pottery Industry of Borrowstounness 1766 - 1958

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Pottery Workers (and a few others)

living in the parishes of Bo’ness & Carriden

and recorded in the 1851 Census

 

 

In 1851 only Bo'ness Pottery was operating in Bo'ness & Carriden parishes

 

  
NAME

AGE

OCCUPATION ADDRESS AND PARISH

OF RESIDENCE

~
BO'NESS:   B

CARRIDEN: C

PLACE OF BIRTH

Bettsy Archbald


Janet Archbald

William Arnot

19


17


25

Clay Wadger at Pottery


Lathe Driver at Pottery


Potter

Society Wynd


Society Wynd


Grangepans

B


B


C

Inveresk


Inveresk


Bo'ness

Winifred Barry


* James Bennett


William Berry


Jonathan Bolton


Anne Bolton


William Booth


Alexander Booth


William Borthwick


William Boslem


Hannah Bowers


William Bowman


James Bowman


Frances Broome


Elezbeth Brown


Thomas Burkes

16


32


28


40


40


36


20


16


34


25


60


18


24


24


23

Potter


Printer


Potter's Labourer


Earthenware Printer


Transferer Pots


Potter Turner


Potter Turner


Pottery Clerk


Pottery Kilnman


Potter


Pottery Carter


Potter's Labourer


Potter (Turner)


Transferer Pots


Potter Presser

Sliddrey Stane


South Street


South Street


East Main Street


East Main Street


North Street


North Street


East Main Street


~


Grieve's Close


South Street


South Street


East Main Street


East Main Street


East Main Street

B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B

Ireland


England


Bo'ness


England


England


England


England


Haddington


Bo'ness


England


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


England


England


England

Robert Carr


James Carr


William Caulfield


Robert Chalmers


Mary Chapman


Henry Clucas


Henry Clucas


William Cooper


Margaret Cunningham


James J Cuthell

19


24


15


10


15


45


13


22


65


12

Potter (Presser), Ap


Potter Printer


Potter


Potter Lab


Potter


Earthenware Printer


Earthenware Printer


Potter (Presser)


Potter (Painter)


Potter

South Street


East Bog


South Street


East Main Street


Sliddrey Brae


East Main Street


East Main Street


East Main Street


South Street


Syme's Land

B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B

Glasgow


Musselburgh


Ireland


Bo'ness


Inveresk


Isle of Man


England


England


Glasgow


Logie

Martin Davies


Edward Dobson


Thomas Downs


Walkinshaw Downs


John Drummond


William Dugdale


Thomas Duncan

20


33


25


33


12


30


35

Potter


Potter


Potter Kilnman


Potter Thrower


Potter


Potter


Potter (Packer)

South Street


South Street


North Street


North Street


South Street


~


South Street

B


B


B


B


B


B


B

England


England


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Torphichen

Helen Fraser


Mary Fraser


Isabella Frazer

16


17


25

Potters Labourer


Potters Labourer


Pottery Worker

East Main Street


East Main Street


Hamilton Arms Close

B


B


B

Bo'ness


Polmont


Bo'ness

James Gardner


John Geddes


William Gibbs


William Goodall


Thomas Grant

39


10


48


29


40

Potter Platemaker


Potter


Pot Painter


Potter Turner


Potter

North Street


Harper's Close, South St.


South Street


East Bog


Volintary Lane

B


B


B


B


B

Bo'ness


Airdrie


Dysart


Musselburgh


Bo'ness

Thomas Halston


Robert Hardie


Thomas Hardie


James Henderson


John Henderson


Thomas Henderson


John Hill

11


11


12


60


22


27


31

Potters Boy


Potter


Potter


Potter's Labourer


Potter Kilnman


Potter


Potter, Thrower

East Pierhead


Waggon Road


~


South Street


East Main Street


South Street


North Street

B


B


B


B


B


B


B

Airdrie


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Dunfermline


Bo'ness


England

James Jamieson

24

Earthenware Merchant 

East Main Street

B

Bo'ness 

Joseph Kelly

10

Potter's Labourer 

South Street 

B

Bo'ness

Janet Law


Thomas Leslie


William Little

 

14


24


81

 

Potters Lab.


Potter Printer


Parochial Aid,

Formerly Potter

East Main Street


East Bog


Cuffabouts

 

B


B


C

 

Bo'ness


Edinburgh


Rothesay

 

John Mackie


Adam Mackie


Hellen Makay


Ellen Marsen


Samuell Mathew


Joseph Mayer


Peter McBride


Peter McDonald


Bridget McKenna


Kathrine McKenna


James McKenzie


John McKenzie


Margaret McLaren


Daniel McLaren


William McLaren


Daniel McLean


David McLean


Ann McPhilips


John Melven


William Middleton


Robert Moore


Bridget Mullen

24


30


19


22


24


23


20


13


19


16


16


11


17


13


 9


42


34


16


22


12


12


32

Potter Printer


Pottery Warehouseman


Potter


Potter's Lathe Turner


Potter


Potter


Potter Turner


Potter


Potter's Assistant


Potter's Assistant


Potter


Potter


Potter's Lathe Turner


Potter (Presser), Ap


Potter (Moulder), Ap


Kilnman


Pottery Lab


Potter (Dresser)


Potter's Labourer


Potter


Potter's Labourer


Pottery Worker

East Bog


East Main Street


Grieve's Close


South Street


Scotland's Close


Scotland's Close


East Main Street


~


Arkley's Close


Arkley's Close


~


~


South Street


South Street


South Street


North Street


~


East Main Street


East Main Street


~


South Street


~

B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B

Portobello


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Carriden


England


England


Alloa


Bo'ness


Ireland


Ireland


Dunfermline


Bo'ness


Kincardine


Kincardine


Kincardine


Bo'ness


Linlithgow


Ireland


Carriden


Bo'ness


Ireland


Ireland

Robina Nisbet26

Pottery Worker 

~

B

Glasgow

Thomas Owen

41

Potter

South Street 

B

England 

John Parks

29

Potter Presser 

East Main Street 

B

England

James Balfour Robertson

29

Traveller Pottery

Waggon Road

B

England

Lawrince Scotland


Owen Scully


Robert Seath


James Shaw


Andrew Shaw


Andrew Shaw


John Simpson


Thomas Smith


John Smith


Thomas Smith


Richard Smith


William Smith

11


13


58


47


17


50


39


42


19


12


48


33

Potter


Potter's Ap


Pottery Labourer


Potter Slipman


Potter Printer


Potter (Preparer of Clay)


Potter


Potter


Potter


Potter


Potter


Potter

Harper's Close, South St.


School Close


West Bog


East Bog


East Bog


Hamilton Arms Close


~


Arkley's Close


Arkley's Close


Arkley's Close


~


Grangepans

B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


C

Tulliallan


Ireland


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Torphichen


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Bo'ness


Musselburgh


Bo'ness

Robert Taylor 


Lucy Taylor


John Tennant

32 


23


35

Pottery Labourer  


Paintress Potter


Pottery Lab

Aitken's Close, Corbiehall


South Street


South Street


B


B

Bo'ness  


England


Bo'ness

George Walker


Alexander Walker


James Walker


Margaret Walker


Robert Watt


James White


Thomas White


George Whitmore


George Wilson


Janet Wishart


George Wood

42


21


19


17


17


36


18


37


27


11


46

Potter Turner


Potter Turner


Potter Plate Maker


Potter Lab.


Potter


Potter


Potter, Presser


Potter


Potter


Potter


Potter

East Bog


East Bog


East Bog


East Bog


Arkley's Close


East Main Street


North Street


South Street


Grangepans


Grieve's Close


~

B


B


B


B


B


B


B


B


C


B


B

Dysart


Dysart


Dysart


Dysart


Ireland


Glasgow


Bo'ness


England


Bo'ness


Glasgow


England

 
   * James Bennett may have worked in the pottery.  The census lists him as a Printer (no mention of Pottery) but when
     he died in 1860, Potter was the occupation on his death certificate. 
 

 

Summary:


Earthenware Manufacturer: James Jamieson
 
 

Including James, and counting only those entries in the census that specifically mention the pottery industry

in the occupation …

A total of 106 people were employed in the pottery, 81 men and 25 woman.
   

 

Carter


Clay Wadger
Clerk
Dresser
Earthenware Printer
Kilnman
Lathe Driver
Lathe Turner
Moulder's Apprentice 
Packer
Painter
Paintress

Plate Maker

Pot Painter

Potter

Potter's Apprentice

Potter's Assistant

Potter's Boy

Potter's Labourer

Pottery Worker

Preparer of Clay

Presser

Presser's Apprentice

Printer

Slipman

Thrower

Transferer Pots


Traveller for Pottery
Turner

Warehouseman

1


1


1


1


3


4


1


2


1


1


1


1


2


1


36


1


3


1


15


3


1


4


2


4


1


2


2


1


7


1