Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 20 · The Wesleys and Methodist Song · Page 36 in print
The Foundery
John Wesley’s first London chapel was a former cannon foundry, used from 1739 to 1778.
Jump to a word
The words
Almshouse
Charitable house for the poor next to the Foundery.
Band-room
Room for Methodist ‘band’ class meetings inside the Foundery.
wesleysheritage.org.uk: The First Methodist (opens a new tab)
Book room
Room where Methodist publications were stored and sold.
wesleysheritage.org.uk: The First Methodist (opens a new tab)
Cannon
Government cannon-casting, the building’s original use.
wesleysheritage.org.uk: The First Methodist (opens a new tab)
Conference
The first Methodist conference, held at the Foundery in 1744.
Dispensary
Free medical dispensary in the Foundery complex.
Explosion
1716 steam explosion that closed the foundry. Why the building stood empty before Wesley.
Foundery
John Wesley’s first London chapel, a former cannon foundry, used 1739–1778.
wesleysheritage.org.uk: The First Methodist (opens a new tab)
Matthew Bagley
Founder who built the foundry around 1684.
Moorfields
The London district where the Foundery stood.
Pearson
A. Pearson, London printer of the 1742 Foundery tune book.
Grub Street Project: A collection of tunes (opens a new tab)
Psalm tune
English metrical psalm tunes that made up part of the 1742 Foundery tune book.
Open University: First Methodist tune book (opens a new tab)
Stables
Stables for the travelling preachers’ horses.
wesleysheritage.org.uk: The First Methodist (opens a new tab)
Wesley's Chapel
Purpose-built chapel that replaced the Foundery in 1778.
Windmill Hill
Site of the foundry, now Tabernacle Street.
Sources
- The FounderyWikipedia
- The First Methodist Chapel, called’ The Foundery’Museum of Methodism & John Wesley’s House
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900: Wesley, JohnDictionary of National Biography (1885–1900), via Wikisource
- A collection of tunes, set to music, as they are commonly sung at the FounderyGrub Street Project (ESTC data)
- Music academic completes new edition of first Methodist tune bookThe Open University