<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 19/11/03 20:02:29 GMT Standard 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">I thought the model bell and its fittings at South Petherton were by<BR>
Taylor's - 1914 if I remember rigtly. It had a Hastings stay which had been<BR>
broken off.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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The bell certainly has something to do with Hesse (can't remember what exactly - there is a brass plate on it which bears his name and the clapper is certainly his design.) The bell is indeed cast by Taylors.<BR>
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Matthew<BR>
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Matthew Higby & Co Ltd,<BR>
Church Bell Engineers.<BR>
Jasmine Cottage,<BR>
The Street,<BR>
Chilcompton,<BR>
Bath,<BR>
BA3 4HN.</FONT></HTML>