Bell and Cauldron Founding in Exeter
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January 23, 2022
Abstract
Excavation of four sites in Exeter has yielded a large body of new inforrnation about the bell and cauldron founding industry in the city from late in the 12th century to early in the 18th century. Particularly important discoveries have been two casting pits with remains of multiple bell castings, a well-preserved mid-17th-century reverberatory fumace, and large quantities of waste cauldron mould. The sites are described briefly and a summary presented of the documented founders. Particular attention is paid to areas in which the discoveries contribute to the understanding of the processes involved in this major medieval and postmedieval
industry. Some of the key finds are also described and illustrated.
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Dodwell CR (ed) 1961, Theophilus, De Diversis Artibus (London).
Ellacombe H T 1867, 'The Church Beils in the Towers of all the Parish Churches of Devonshire', Transactions of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society 1, 221-427.
Elphick G 1988, The Craft of the Bellfounder (Chichester).
Erskine A M 1981, The Accounts of the F abric of Exeter Cathedral, 1279-1353, Part 1: 1279-1326 (Exeter: Devon & Cornwall Record Society, New Series, Vol.
24).
Henderson C G and Bidwell P T 1982, 'The Saxon Minster at Exeter', in S.M.Pearse (ed), The Early Church in Western Britain and lreland (Oxford: BAR
British Series 102), 145-175.
Lega-Weekes E 1909, 'Introduction to the Churchwardens' Accounts of South Tawton. Part IV', Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association
41, 361-67.
London Museum 1967 Medieval Catalogue (London).
Lowe B J et al. 1987, 'Keynsham Abbey: Excavations 1961-1985', Proc. Somerset Archaeol. and Natural History Soc. 131, 81-156.
Picton J 1995, 'West Africa and the Guinea Coast', Chapter 5 in Phillips T, Africa, The Art of a Continent (London), 327-45.
Rowe M M and Jackson A M 1973, Exeter Freemen, 1266-1967 (Exeter: Devon & Cornwall Record Society, Extra Series Vol. 1).
Scott J G M 1968, 'Casting a Bell for Exeter Cathedral, 1372', Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 100, 191-203.
How to Cite
Blaylock, S. (2022). Bell and Cauldron Founding in Exeter. Historical Metallurgy, 30(2), 72-82. https://hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/416
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