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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can confirm this is a ringable one. =
The=20
weight took some finding, but I eventually stumbled across it in the Church=
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Commissioners' file. The following details are from my "Gillett's las=
t=20
tuning book" file - attempting to replicate the one that went astray in the=
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post. Alan Buswell has included most of "my" data in his database, and ther=
e's a=20
very recent print-out with the other Gillett tuning books in the archives a=
t=20
Croydon Library</FONT></DIV>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 3.9in; TEXT-INDENT: -3.9in; mso-hyphenate: non=
e; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">WE=
LLINGTON=20
HEATH, Herefordshire<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Ch=
rist=20
Church<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office=
:office"=20
/><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in =
0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Si=
ngle bell=20
by Gillett & Johnston 1953, hung for ringing in a mild steel frame.=20
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in =
0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">De=
tails in=20
F. Sharpe <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Church Bells of=20
Herefordshire</I> Vol.5 pp.526-7.</SPAN></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in =
0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">We=
ight of=20
6-0-26 - unfinished only - etc. recorded in Wally Spraget's tuning book=20
(Whitechapel) p.36. </SPAN></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in =
0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">No=
notice=20
in church or tower (Inspection by CJP 25 October 1992).</SPAN></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in =
0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Ch=
urch=20
destroyed by fire in May 1944, rebuilt in 1951, and rededicated on 4 April =
1952.=20
The bell number 6937 suggests that the date of the bell should be 1951 (<I=
=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">cf</I> Malmesbury) but the date on th=
e bell=20
is clearly 1953.</SPAN></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in =
0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Ch=
urch=20
Commissioners' RNCB file states, "tower for one bell weighing 6 cwt and 4 l=
bs=20
(Gillett & Johnston) - this information probably taken from a framed no=
tice=20
which no longer exists.</SPAN></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in =
0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">So=
, the=20
bell is:</SPAN></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in; mso-hyphenate: none; t=
ab-stops: -1.0in -.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">1.=
Gillett=20
& Johnston 1953 (6937)<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
=20
</SPAN>31.625"<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPA=
N>6-0-4=20
in C/B<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN></=
P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in =
0in .5in 1.0in 3.9in 4.8in 6.5in"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><F=
ONT=20
face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>CP<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A title=3Dbells@r...=20
href=3D"mailto:bells@r...">David Bagley</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
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 06, 2003 7:0=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: Obs=
cure=20
questions of the week</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>The ringable one at Wellington Heath, near Ledbury, wa=
s=20
installed by G&J in<BR>1953.<BR><BR>It is 32" in C natural - does any=
body=20
have access to its weight to complete<BR>my records?<BR><BR>David=20
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