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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The bell from the redundant, and now decon=
secrated,=20
church of St. Mary, Chittoe, Wiltshire, now hangs in the tower at St. Nicho=
las,=20
Bromham, Wilts, where it is used as a sanctus bell. Chittoe church wa=
s=20
erected 1845/46 and the bell, which dates from around that time and we=
ighs=20
c.112 lbs, has the letters " J & P " and below this is the letter "B" c=
ast=20
into it, on the waist. Please can anyone tell where, and by whom this=
bell=20
was made?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also, the accounts for the recasting, by J=
.=20
Warner, of the six bells at St. Nicholas, Bromham in 1875 shows that "=
Mr=20
York, of Bristol" was paid 15s/6d. (This, I presume, same =
Mr=20
York, of Bristol, did =A347/10s/7d worth of work on Hilmarton, Wilts, =
bells=20
in 1885). My question is, If Warners recast and rehung the six bells,=
for=20
which they were paid =A3304, and they had the metal from the old ring of si=
x, what=20
was Mr York doing, that he travelled 30 miles from Bristol, for=20
just fifteen shillings and six pence?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also, in the same, 1875, accounts Wil=
liam=20
Powney 'Carpenter' was paid =A330. Local oral tradition has it that=20
William Powney made the oak frame, that the bells still swing in=20
today. Could my great grandfather have made an oak bell frame for the=
=20
measly sum of =A330? Or would Warners have supplied the frame, and th=
e =A330=20
is for the floor beneath the bells, or such like mundane work?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for any help with these three=20
questions. Dennis Powney.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>