The Bevington family of potters

The Bevington family of potters

The Bevington family were prolific potters in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Starting with the father Samuel (b.1808 d.1863), between them they owned or worked 12 pottery factories.

NOTE: dates are approximate and may overlap, sources include trade directories and so entries may be missing for some years. Also some of the works may have been shared with other potters - it was not uncommon for works to be sub-let.

Details of the Bevington family:

Samuel (father)	b.1808 d.1863	The father of seven sons, four of which set up as potter manufacturers in their own right. The other three were decorators and guilders. Samuel was a strong supporter of the chartist movement. see short biography of Samuel
Richard	b.1827	The eldest son, Richard did not become a factory owner or manager. In the census details he is variously described as a china painter or guilder.
Ambrose	b.1834	Ambrose did not not go into partnership with his father but set up on his own accord. The trade directories show evidence of him occupying the Dresden Works in 1869-70, however the 1861 census describes him as an earthenware manufacturer.
John	b.1835 d.1892	John went into partnership with his father in 1856 at the Elm Street Works. He appears to have set up in his own right in 1860 at the Clarence Street Works (which Ambrose later worked). After his fathers death in 1863 John continued to operate the Elm Street Works until 1870.
Henry	b.1839	Henry, like Richard, was not a pottery works owner, he was described as a potter, china decorator and china guilder.
Samuel	b.1841	Recorded in 1861 as a China guilder
James	b.1843	James and Thomas set up partnership together in the Marsh Street Works, which they continued after their fathers retirement and death. In 1867 they left the Marsh Street works and moved to Burton Place. For a couple of years they also worked a pottery in Cannon Street. see more on James & Thomas partnership. After the split of the partnership James operated from works in the High Street (Cobden Works) and King Street.
Thomas	b.1845	Thomas was originally in partnership with James. In 1876 the partnership finished and Thomas continued at Burton Place. He briefly operated from works in Mayer Street.

Details of the Pottery Works operated:

WORKS OPERATED (click the arrow for more details on the works)	Samuel (father)	Ambrose	John	James	Thomas
Swan Works, Elm Street	1835-63		1863-69 #
Marsh Street	1846-63			1863-67	1863-67
10-12 Brunswick Street	1851-63		1865 $
Burton Place				1867-76	1867-76 1877-91 (on own)
Cannon Street				1873-75	1873-75
Cobden Works, High Street				1881-85
King Street				1884
Dresden Works, Birch Street		1869-70
Clarence Street		1874-79	1860-69
Mayer Street					1892
New Hall Works, Great York Street		1870-92	1863-69
Kensington Works, St. James Street			1872-92

# John Bevington at the Elm Street Works - from 1866 passed into the hands of W. L. Evans & Co (the '& Co' probably includes John Bevington). In 1867-69 Bevington is still recorded as having an interest in the Elm Street Works as "Bailey & Bevington"

$ John Bevington & Co recorded at the Brunswick Street Works in 1865. William L Evans was recorded at the Brunswick Street Works in 1869 & 70.

The census details for Richard & Henry are listed here
(the other brothers census details are given on their pottery works page)

1861 census
36 Windmill Street, Wellington Parish, Hanley
Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

Name	age	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation
Richard Bevington	34	Hanley, Staffordshire	Head	China painter
Sarah Ann Bevington	30	Hanley, Staffordshire	Wife	China burnisher
Eliza Bevington	13m	Hanley, Staffordshire	Daughter

1861 census
Brunswick Street, Shelton, Hanley
Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

Name	age	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation
Henry Bevington	22	Stoke, Staffordshire	Lodger	Potter

1871 census
5 Windmill Terrace, Hanley
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England

Name	age	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation
Richard Bevington	44	Hanley, Staffordshire	Head	China Guilder
Sarah A Bevington	40	Hanley, Staffordshire	Wife	China burnisher
Eliza Bevington	11	Hanley, Staffordshire	Daughter	Scholar
George Bevington	8	Hanley, Staffordshire	Son	Scholar
Catherine Bevington	3	Hanley, Staffordshire	Daughter
Richard J Bevington	1	Hanley, Staffordshire	Son

1871 census
49 Market Street, Hanley
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England

Name	age	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation
Henry Bevington	32	Hanley, Staffordshire	Head	China decorator
Charlotte Bevington	26	Hanley, Staffordshire	Wife
Rose Bevington	3	Hanley, Staffordshire	Daughter
Florence Bevington	2	Hanley, Staffordshire	Daughter
Odo Bevington	4m	Hanley, Staffordshire	Son
Ann Goldstraw	19	Hanley, Staffordshire	Sister-in-Law	China guilder

1881 census
5 Hall Fields, Hanley
Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

Name	age	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation
Richard Bevington	55	Hanley, Staffordshire	Head	Ch Guilder
Sarah Ann Bevington	50	Hanley, Staffordshire	Wife
George Bevington	18	Hanley, Staffordshire	Son	Ch Guilder
Catherine Bevington	14	Hanley, Staffordshire	Daughter	scholar
Richard J Bevington	11	Hanley, Staffordshire	Son	scholar

1881 census
49 John Street, Hanley
Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

Name	age	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation
Henry Bevington	42	Hanley, Staffordshire	Head	China guilder
Charlotte Bevington	36	Hanley, Staffordshire	Wife	China paintress
Rose Bevington		Hanley, Staffordshire	Daughter
Florence Bevington		Hanley, Staffordshire	Daughter
Odo Bevington		Hanley, Staffordshire	Son
Ann Goldstraw		Hanley, Staffordshire	Sister-in-Law	China guilder

1 January 2006