This iconic photo is from the Mike Brooks collection and shows Burfield House/Burfield Priory before it was demolished in the late 1930s. Priory Court Road now stands in the grounds.
Recently I discovered this wonderful website and its creator Reg Jackson.
He is so knowledgeable about pottery production, particularly in the Westbury-on-Trym area in the late 17th and 18th centuries.
Reg tells us in his publication Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volume 123 (2005) that George Hart, a successful potter in the area, had Burfield built in 1776.
Research has also pinpointed the site of the pottery known as Burfield/Sugar House Pottery where 137-143 Westbury Road are now located.
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