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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jewitts entry:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>WORMHILL.<BR>THERE are six bells in this church, which is dedicate=
d to=20
St. Margaret.<BR>Until 1863 there was only one bell here; in that year the =
old=20
bell was<BR>discarded, and a new peal of six cast by Taylor, of Loughboroug=
h,=20
put<BR>up. These six bells are the six largest of a peal of eight cast=20
by<BR>Taylor &. Son on speculation, with the intention of hanging them=
=20
at<BR>their foundry for the purpose of illustrating church bell-work.=20
They<BR>are believed to be, in point of size and weight, by far the smalles=
t=20
peal of church bells in existence.<BR>lst bell-J TAYLOR & CO., LOUGHBOR=
O,=20
1863. In Roman capital letters in one line round the haunch.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2nd bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1863. In Roman capital letters in=
one=20
line round the haunch.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3rd bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1863. In Roman capital letters in=
one=20
line round the haunch.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4th bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1863. In Roman capital letters in=
one=20
line round the haunch.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5th bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1863. In Roman capital letters in=
one=20
line round the haunch.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6th bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1864. In Roman capital letters in=
one=20
line round the haunch.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The whole peal was supplied with the date 1863, but the tenor<BR>being=
=20
found defective was returned to the makers, and recast by them<BR>in 1864; =
hence=20
the difference in dates on the bells.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This explains the tenor.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>GAD</FONT></DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A title=3Dc.j.pickford@t... href=3D"mailto:c.j.pickford@t...=
">Chris=20
Pickford</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
.com</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 27, 2002 1=
1:33=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Re:=
Todays=20
R.W front page tower</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've certainly seen something about Worm=
hill=20
bells and the foundry, but there's nothing (at a quick look) in Halls / D=
awson=20
or in the RW articles of 15 March 1996 and 11 Dec. 1998 on the recent=20
restoration.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It might be worth looking at the Wormhil=
l entry=20
in Llewellin Jewitt's series on "Church Bells of Derbyshire", but I don't=
have=20
ready access to a copy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>F=
rom:</B>=20
<A title=3Dfartwell2000@y... href=3D"mailto:fartwell2000@y...=
">Alan=20
J.Birney</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogrou=
ps.com</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 27, 2002=
11:18=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: T=
odays=20
R.W front page tower</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>--- In <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@y">bellhistorians@y</A>..., "Mike Chester=
"=20
<<A href=3D"mailto:mike@m">mike@m</A>...> wrote:<BR>> > 3 D=
id=20
Taylors have a light transportable exibition/demonstration <BR>> rin=
g=20
<BR>> > in the middle to late 1800s?<BR>> > <BR>> <BR>&g=
t;=20
I've been told by someone, I cannot remember who, that the bells <BR>no=
w=20
<BR>> at Wormhill were originally such a ring. Perhaps someone could=
=20
<BR>> confirm this?<BR>> <BR>> Mike<BR><BR>I had heard such a =
story=20
years ago-I have asked Barry Pierson<BR>(churchwarden and now a Wormhil=
l=20
ringer) about fifteen years ago and <BR>he knew nothing of=20
it.<BR>However,the Wormhill bells were apparantly ordered by a vicar wh=
o had=20
<BR>connections with the hamlet of Wormhill,and I think the tenor was=20
<BR>taken from stock and the rest cast separatly-I think the tenor is a=
=20
<BR>year older than the front five-The bells were reasonably thick=20
<BR>castings and have responded quite well to retuning,and the bells ar=
e=20
<BR>very easy to ring now they have been rehung-a well known Yorkshire=
=20
<BR>ringer has stated (within the last Fifteen years) that a ring of si=
x=20
<BR>should have a tenor of no less than 3cwt-having a ring on Wormhill=
=20
<BR>bells blows that theory out of the water.<BR>The late Gordon Halls =
and=20
everyone else connected with the Wormhill <BR>rehang have done an excel=
lent=20
job.<BR>Alan<BR> The two small bell=
s in=20
the tower previous to the ring of six <BR>were I=20
believe,scrapped.<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This message was sent to =
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