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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can't give chapter and verse, but I'm 99.9=
9% sure=20
the 1877 bells weren't cast at Wells - and not much less certain that the 1=
757=20
bones weren't either. Warwick Rodwell does refer to the 1877 bells as havin=
g=20
been cast there, but I can't believe he's got this from anything other than=
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hearsay</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A title=3DMrthigby@a... href=3D"mailto:Mrthigby@a...">Mrthigby@aol=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:=
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AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians]=20
Wells</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>In a message d=
ated=20
29/10/2002 09:19:00 GMT Standard Time, <A=20
href=3D"mailto:djb122@y...">djb122@y...</A> writes:<BR><BR><B=
R>
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lid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20
TYPE=3D"CITE">I've heard it a number of times from sources I can't rememb=
er,=20
but it's<BR>written in 'Church Archaeology' by Warwick Rodwell. Rodwell=
was=20
(and may<BR>still be) the cathedral archaeologist at Wells, so would be=
in a=20
position<BR>to have access to all the records at the=20
cathedral.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I suspect most of the previous recasti=
ngs=20
of the bell must have been done in the close area to the Cathedral. The l=
ates=20
recastings of the tenor are as follows:<BR><BR>Founder=20
Date How long it lasted.<BR><BR>Joseph Car=
ter=20
of Reading 1588 =A294 Years <BR>Thomas Purdue of Closworth 1673 =A284=20
Years<BR>Abel Rudhall of Gloucester 1757 =A246 Years<BR>John Rudhall of=20
Gloucester 1803 =A274 Years<BR>John Taylor of Loughborough 1877 Still goi=
ng 125=20
years later!<BR><BR>As most of the 1757 ring are still going strong, I su=
spect=20
that they were cast at Gloucester and brought to Wells. Maybe the larger =
bells=20
were cast on site & thats why they didn't last long??<BR><BR>For inte=
rests=20
sake, the most accurate details of the present ring I can find are as fol=
lows=20
(Thanks to WBF records & others):<BR><BR>Bell Weight Diameter Founder=
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=20
Date<BR>(Cwt-qtr-lb) (Inches)<BR>Treble 7-3-12 31=BD" Mears & Stainba=
nk,=20
Whitechapel. 1891<BR>2nd 9-0-2 33=BD" Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel.=
=20
1891<BR>3rd =A29-2-0 36=BC" Abel Rudhall, Gloucester.=20
1757<BR>4th =A210-2-0 38"=20
Abel Rudhall, Gloucester.=20
1757<BR>5th =A212-1-0 39=BE" Abel Rudhall,=
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Gloucester. 1757<BR>6th 15-1-14 44"=20
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel. 1964<B=
R>7th=20
=A219-2-0 48" Abel Rudhall, Gloucester.=20
1757<BR>8th =A223-0-0 50=BD" Abel Rudhall,=
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Gloucester. 1757<BR>9th =A231-0-0 55"=20
John Taylor & Co, Loughborough.=20
1877<BR>Tenor 56-1-14 65=BD" John Taylor & Co, Loughborough.=20
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