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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There are no actual records from Warners f=
oundry,=20
where bellfounding was really little more than a sideline of a much larger=
=20
brassfounding and metalworking business. They cast something like 600=
0 to=20
7000 bells between 1850 and 1920. The best published accounts of the firm a=
re in=20
Elphick's Sussex, and in Bill Butler's book on Handbells</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As far as Ivinghoe is concerned, I very mu=
ch doubt=20
if the old bells were "recycled". In those days old bells were more or less=
=20
invariably recast, and finding new homes for sound old bells was extremely=
=20
uncommon (though there are some instances)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<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 href=3D"mailto:joanna.wheatland@v..."=20
title=3Djoanna.wheatland@v...>Joanna Wheatland</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:3=
7=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Bells o=
f=20
Ivinghoe, Bucks</DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT=
></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I’m new to the list, =
and wonder if=20
there’s anyone out there who can help me.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT><=
/P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I’m a ringer at <SPAN=
=20
class=3DSpellE>Chippenham</SPAN>, Wilts, and am also interested in local=
=20
history.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On a history list of which =
I am a=20
member there was a bell enquiry which I’m passing on to=20
you:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></F=
ONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Corrall asks: “Does a=
ny one know=20
anything of the history of John Warner bell=20
foundry?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The bells of <SPAN=20
class=3DSpellE>Ivinghoe</SPAN>, St Mary the Virgin, Bucks were cast there=
in=20
1875.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I’m told that the ori=
ginal 5 bells=20
were augmented to 6, and that some of the bells were ‘recycled and =
sent off to=20
other churches’.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></F=
ONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Corrall wants to know if sh=
e could=20
find records about her church’s bells and where they were sent. Do =
records of=20
John Warner’s foundry still exist?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Many thanks in advance for =
any=20
information.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></F=
ONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Joanna=20
Wheatland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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