[Bell Historians] Caleb Boney

[David Sloman]

Cannon mentions the old four of five being by Caleb Boney at St. Issey, the
bell being broken in the fall of the tower in 1869.

David Sloman

On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 6:49 PM Chris Pickford via Bell-historians <
bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:

> I think these are the only bells he cast – none surviving now
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> 1802
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> Boney, Caleb
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> Padstow
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> St.Minver
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> St.Menefreda
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> Cornwall
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> Recast
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> 4/5
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> 31.25
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> 5-2-x
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> A
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> Recast Warner 1875
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> Dunkin
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> 1810
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> Boney, Caleb
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> Padstow
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> Sennen
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> St.Sennen
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> Cornwall
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> Recast
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> 2/3
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> 31.75
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> 5-2-x
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> A
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> Recast M&S 1889
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> Dunkin, WBF
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> 1810
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> Boney, Caleb
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> Padstow
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> Sennen
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> St.Sennen
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> Cornwall
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> Recast
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> 3/3
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> 33.75
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> 7-0-x
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> A
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> Recast M&S 1889
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> Dunkin, WBF
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> 1814
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> Boney, Caleb
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> Padstow
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> Sancreed
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> St.Sancredus
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> Cornwall
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> Recast
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> 2/3
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> 32.5
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> 6-1-20
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> L
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> Recast JT&Co 1882
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> Dunkin, JT&Co
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> There is a reference to Boney in the book by Canon H. Miles Brown on
> Cornish clockmakers:
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> Moving further north in the county, we meet one of the most versatile and
> widely-known of Cornish clockmakers, Caleb Boney of Padstow. A published
> note at the time of his death in 1826 states that he was born at St Teath
> in 1747, and had little or no formal schooling. After teaching himself to
> read and write Boney found employment at Delabole. From that village he
> went off to Liskeard to work in a solicitor's office, but was frequently in
> trouble for reading in bed at night. Returning to North Cornwall he became
> a self-taught carpenter at Camelford, and then turned to clock and watch
> making at Padstow, which remained his residence until his death in November
> 1826. Two other Calebs, a son and a grandson, were in the same line of
> business. The former went bankrupt in 1828. / Several elaborate timepieces
> and astronomical clocks were made at Padstow by Boney, some of which are
> still extant and are described in the next chapter. There are many more
> ordinary clocks made by him in existence. Boney was also something of a
> musician, much in demand for tuning instruments, and from about 1806 he
> included bell-founding among his many pursuits. Dunkin, in Church Bells of
> Cornwall, 1878, traces four bells bearing the name Boney in Cornish towers
> - St Minver, Sancreed, and two at Sennen. He also appears in the Kenwyn,
> Truro, parish accounts as journeying from Padstow to see the bells there
> and to give an estimate for their new casting. At the age of 78 he rode the
> 41 miles to Hayle to tune bells recast at the Hayle Copperhouse Foundry for
> Helston Church. / After Boney's death the schoolmaster of St Merryn, one
> Chapman, blossomed into 'verse' in his praise - “Sun, moon and planets he
> did make, Like to Sir Isaac's notion, And neatly fixed them to his time,
> Which set them all in motion.” (H. Miles Brown, *Cornish Clocks and
> Clockmakers*, 3rd. ed. (1980) pp.31-2)
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> … and I found a newspaper reference to a clock he had made:
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> Sale advertisement of the household furniture of Edward Arthur Esq, of
> Trevanson, near Wadebridge - mentions a Geographical and Astronomical Clock
> (by Caleb Boney) (*Royal Cornwall Gazette*, Saturday 23 September 1820)
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> Otherwise Neal Dodge and Peter Rivet have already provided most of what is
> known (including some that’s new to me – so thanks)
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> *Chris Pickford*
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> E-mail: pickford5040 at gmail.com
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> *From:* Bell-historians [mailto:
> bell-historians-bounces at lists.ringingworld.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *
> georgebellringer at gmail.com
> *Sent:* 25 August 2020 16:25
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> *Subject:* [Bell Historians] Caleb Boney
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> Whilst going through some stuff I came across his name as a bell founder.
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> Does anyone know anything about him?
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> George
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