Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
The Britannia Foundry, which Andrew Handyside owned, made the Windows, Iron columns, Tracery and railings for St John the Evangelist Church Derby Derbyshire UK in 1827.
Here is a short video I made using A.I. of the original decorative iron railings made at The Britannia Foundry. This is made from a 1906 photograph.
Andrew Handyside was the church warden at St Johns church until his death in 1887
This church features lots of fine cast iron windows and also cast iron columns and tracery which you can see in my photographs.
They had also supplied the fashionable iron railings surrounding the church, these have been lost in the last 199 years, probably during the war efforts.
Andrew Handyside took over the Britannia Foundry in 1848 from Weatherhead & Glover so technically these windows were not made by Handyside but were made at the same foundry. The reputation that Weatherhead & Glover had built up for their fine casting was continued by Handyside.
My Andrew Handyside Facebook group :
facebook.com/groups/andrewhandyside
Note the lampost outside the church is now inside the churchyard :maps.app.goo.gl/8K3jR3JP6ZzyAhiQ6
The Britannia Foundry, which Andrew Handyside owned, made the Windows, Iron columns, Tracery and railings for St John the Evangelist Church Derby Derbyshire UK in 1827.
Here is a short video I made using A.I. of the original decorative iron railings made at The Britannia Foundry. This is made from a 1906 photograph.
Andrew Handyside was the church warden at St Johns church until his death in 1887
This church features lots of fine cast iron windows and also cast iron columns and tracery which you can see in my photographs.
They had also supplied the fashionable iron railings surrounding the church, these have been lost in the last 199 years, probably during the war efforts.
Andrew Handyside took over the Britannia Foundry in 1848 from Weatherhead & Glover so technically these windows were not made by Handyside but were made at the same foundry. The reputation that Weatherhead & Glover had built up for their fine casting was continued by Handyside.
My Andrew Handyside Facebook group :
facebook.com/groups/andrewhandyside
Note the lampost outside the church is now inside the churchyard :maps.app.goo.gl/8K3jR3JP6ZzyAhiQ6
