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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What about Ditton RC church Cheshire (6, 1=
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reputedly u/r).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Does anyone know anything about these bell=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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m>Chris=20
Pickford</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] st =
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cheadle staffordshire</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheadle bells were invoiced out from Whi=
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on 15 October 1845. However, they weren't the first ring of bells in a Ro=
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Catholic church in England since the reformation. That honour goes (thoug=
h do=20
correct me if I'm wrong) to the ring of six of 1844 by C & G Mears at=
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St.John the Evangelist at Kirkham, Lancs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Other early rings in RC churches include=
Thurnham=20
(1848), Rainhill (1848), Clapham (1851) and the original steel eight=
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(1860) at Sheffield later transferred to Moseley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris Pickford</FONT></DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:mary_maloney01@h..."=20
title=3Dmary_maloney01@h...>john maloney</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 04, 2003 5:=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] st Gi=
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cheadle staffordshire</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>I am posting this question on behalf of john cummins=
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ringing & <BR>catholic historian of murwillumbah n.s.w. <BR>john wa=
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to know the date of the 1st peal of bells installed for <BR>saint Giles=
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cheadle staffordshire United Kingdom<BR>john has this information for t=
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group re these bells they were cast <BR>by mears of whitechapple<BR>in =
1939=20
they were sent to loughbourgh where taylors added 2 bells to <BR>augmen=
t up=20
to a ring of 8 at this time they were 1/2 turned<BR>he belives they wer=
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only the 2nd peal of bells in a catholic church <BR>in england since th=
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reformation..<BR>any help on any details at all on these bells grateful=
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accepted ..<BR>and i will pass it along to john .thanks. jo=
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