<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 01/07/2003 17:42:19 GMT Daylight Time, david@b... writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Don't have full details to hand, but I wrote a letter about them in the RW three or four years ago with the information. What I can remember is annotated below. I believe the church is now a house.<BR>
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Two other lost fives from Somerset are:<BR>
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<B><U>Cricket Malherbie</B></U> Lost in 1994, they were a complete 5 by mears in 1852. The tower here is less than 6 feet square and the bells were hung on 2 levels (very tucked up - almost continental style) in a diagonal frame lodger in the window openings. I doubt they were ever ringable as a full circle ring. These were replaced by a single Mears bell ¢1cwt (1872 - Ithink) and the old five were dispersed as follows:<BR>
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1 Now 1 of 6 at West Cranmore<BR>
2 Now 2 of 6 at Aller<BR>
3 Now 1 of 6 at Angersleigh<BR>
4 Now 2 of 6 at Angersleigh<BR>
5 Now 1 of 3 at Hinton Charterhouse (Chiming Only)<BR>
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the 4th actually replaced a Taylor bell at Angersleigh which was poorly suited to the old style back 4. This bell was in turn used to augment the Taylor 5 at Freshford to a ring of 6.<BR>
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The three at Aller were augmented with two other bells, one ex Coleford, Som and another ex East Cranmore.<BR>
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All of these transfers were masterminded by Bob Parker of Taunton.<BR>
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The other lost five is <B><U>Brewham</B></U> (Lost in the 1650's?). I am not sure what happened here but I gather the story is well documented in the Church. I must call by there one day.<BR>
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