Robert Bakewell (ironsmith)
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Derby Industrial Museum
)Robert Bakewell (1682–1752) was an English
smith. He took an apprenticeship in London
as an iron worker and became an extremely skilled ironsmith.
Life
He was born in
arbour
created by Bakewell can still be seen today: it is known locally as 'the Birdcage'.
Following an affair with local woman Elizabeth Fisher, which resulted in the birth of a son, Bakewell Fisher, he moved from Melbourne to Derby, where he set up a workshop and forge at Oake's Yard in St Peter's Street. Later, he married Mary Cokayne and had a family of three sons and three daughters. He died in 1752 and is buried in St Peter's Church, Derby.
Examples of his work can be seen at
Derby Industrial Museum, and ironwork by him in a number of churches in Derbyshire towns and villages: Alvaston, Ashbourne, Borrowash, Duffield, Etwall, Foremark, Radbourne. In Leicestershire at Staunton Harold
church, a metal screen by Bakewell can be seen.
References
- Beard, Geoffrey (1966). Georgian Craftsmen and Their Work. London: Country Life. OCLC 1477644)
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