<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 15/03/2003 16:46:08 GMT Standard Time, dennis.powney@l... writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The bell from the redundant, and now deconsecrated, church of St. Mary, Chittoe, Wiltshire, now hangs inthe tower at St. Nicholas, Bromham, Wilts, where it is used as a sanctus bell. Chittoe church was erected 1845/46 and the bell, which dates from around that time and weighs c.112 lbs, has the letters " J & P " and below this is the letter "B" cast into it, on the waist. Please can anyone tell where, and by whom this bell was made?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">This is typical of Jefferies & Price of Bristol. There was a bell with identical inscription at Vobster, Somerset (Circa 1846) until a few years ago - in fact I dont know where it went after the Church was made redundant. There is another bell by them at Cloford, Somerset dated 1854. Ref for both: Church Bells of the Frome Deanery by George Massey, 1985. I am sure Revd. David Cawley will be able to tell us of hundreds more!<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Also, the accounts for therecasting, by J. Warner, of the six bells at St. Nicholas, Bromham in 1875shows that "Mr York, of Bristol" was paid 15s/6d. (This, I presume, same Mr York, of Bristol, did £47/10s/7d worth of work on Hilmarton, Wilts, bells in 1885). My question is, If Warners recast and rehungthe six bells, for which they were paid £304, and they had the metal from the old ring of six, what was Mr York doing, that he travelled 30 miles from Bristol, for just fifteen shillings and six pence?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Mr York was a well known Bristol Bellhanger. He may have overseen the installation???? Did York trainto be a bellhanger at Warners????<BR>
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