JANAWAY, THOMAS - LONDON (ENGLAND)

Bellfounder Desappeared
Thomas Janaway ran his foundry in Chelsea from 1763-1786, probably having been an apprentice in the Whitechapel foundry to Thomas Lester. This foundry began and ended with Thomas Janaway before being merged into the Whitechapel foundry which bought all its stamps and tools to continue their use for many years. The factory had been based in a shed at Davis’ Place, World’s End Passage [running between King’s Road and Cheyne Walk], in Little Chelsea but bells were sometimes cast on site in pits dug in ground close to the church for which they were intended.
The inscription, impressed into the inside surface of the cope so as to appear on the outside of the finished bell, was derived from a Latin proverb ‘Musica est mentis medicina maestae’ meaning ‘Music is medicine for a sad mind’. It was adopted frequently by Janaway, other examples being recorded:-
1769 St. Margaret, Edgware, 1772 St. Mary Abbots, Kensington,1773 Ss. Peter & Paul, Bromley, 1776 Holy Trinity, Clapham, 1777 St. Mary, Battersea, 1780 St. Mary the Virgin, Bletchingley and 1781 St. Helen, Benson
BOUCHARD, Brian / EPSOM & EWELL HISTORY EXPLORER (2015)

Fabricació de campanes (1772)

Nºcampanaany fosa
año fundición		població
población		edifici
edificio		diàmetre
diámetro		pes
peso
1 Bell (4) 1772ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEASt Mary Abbots Church (Kensington) existent
2 Bell (5) 1772ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEASt Mary Abbots Church (Kensington) existent
3 Bell (6) 1772ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEASt Mary Abbots Church (Kensington) existent
4 Bell (8) 1772ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEASt Mary Abbots Church (Kensington) existent
5 Bell (9) 1772ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEASt Mary Abbots Church (Kensington) existent
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