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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For an authoritative account, see:</FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ephick, G.P., <EM>Sussex Bells and Belfrie=
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</EM>Chichester, Phillimore, 1970. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>See also his related references to Walters=
<EM>The=20
Church Bells of England </EM>and Stahlschmidt <EM>The Church Bells of Kent.=
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</EM>The Walters book was reprinted about 25 years ago, the Kent one (1887)=
is a=20
rare collectors' item, as is his <EM>Surrey Bells and London Bell Founders=
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</EM>(1884).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There are quite a number of 'Hodson' =
bells in=20
my home county of Kent, either by himself, with his associate William Hull,=
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with his son Christopher, or by Christopher himself. See CBK pp 97ff. Compl=
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or nearly complete rings or chimes in Kent exist at:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Milton-by-Gravesend (back 5 of 8), JH=
with Wm=20
Hull</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chelsfield, back 5 of 6, 1672 JH</FONT></D=
IV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Woodnesborough, 3 bells out of 5, 1676=20
JH</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Alkham, 3 bells out of 4, 1683=20
J&CH</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brookland, 3 bells out of 6 + crown o=
f old=20
tenor, 1685 J&CH </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Godmersham, back 5 of 6, 1685 CH</FONT></D=
IV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dymchurch, 3, 1685, CH</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Plumstead, 3 bells out of 6, CH 1686</FONT=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:david@b..."=20
title=3Ddavid@b...>David Bryant</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>Bell Historians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 11, 2004=
8:34=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Fw: Joh=
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Hodson, bell-founder</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Can anyone help?<BR><BR>David<BR>----- Original Messag=
e=20
----- <BR>From: "Julian Bennett" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:bennett@b...">bennett@b...</A>><BR>=
To:=20
<<A=20
href=3D"mailto:david@b...">david@b...</A>&g=
t;<BR>Sent:=20
Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:59 AM<BR>Subject: John Hodson,=20
bell-founder<BR><BR><BR>> Dear David Bryant,<BR>> <BR>> In 1977,=
I=20
excavated a bell foundry at Durham Cathedral constructed and<BR>> used=
by=20
John Hodson when he cast the bells for Durham Cathedral and at<BR>> le=
ast=20
one church in Durham city in 1693-1694. Circumstances have<BR>> preven=
ted=20
me from completing a final report on this project, although my<BR>> se=
nse=20
of guilt on this omission means that I hope to resume work on the<BR>>=
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final draft report (already some 10 years old!) this year. The main<BR>&g=
t;=20
drawback I have is - as you might expect - that as I live and work in<BR>=
>=20
Turkey, I lack access to any relevant recently published material on<BR>&=
gt;=20
17th century bell-founding in general, but on John Hodson in=20
particular.<BR>> My principal questions to you today, however, is do y=
ou=20
know of anyone<BR>> who has recently compiled a catalogue of John Hods=
on's=20
bells; or who has<BR>> published anything on John Hodson and his famil=
y; or=20
of the bells of<BR>> Durham Cathedral? All of my existing information =
about=20
John Hodson and<BR>> family, and the Durham bells, comes mainly from t=
he=20
works of the late<BR>> 19th and early 20th century antiquarians!<BR>&g=
t;=20
<BR>> Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer,<BR>> <BR>&=
gt;=20
Julian Bennett, Ph.D., F.S.A.,<BR>> Asst.Professor,<BR>> Dept of=20
Archaeology and Art History,<BR>> Bilkent University,<BR>> Bilkent,=
=20
Ankara,<BR>> Turkey<BR>> <BR>> P.S. I found your web-site thanks=
to=20
an article in today's Guardian!<BR>> <BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>