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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There is a fine picture of The Royal Docky=
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Chapel on p.247 of Robinson's "Among the Bells".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>He gives the diameters as 24 1/2, 25 1/2, =
26 1/2,=20
27 1/2, 29, 29 [sic], 35 and 37, tenor 9 1/2 cwt. Two trebles he said by=20
Bannister 1866. Back six by Penington </FONT><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>1770.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>They rang 5008 Superlative in 3h 5, a slow=
one for=20
such light bells. Robinson rang the 6th and Washbrook conducted from the=20
tenor.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bells came down in the bombing. Don't know=
what=20
happened to them, but Cyril Johnston was very busy in the area at the time.=
He=20
purchased the damaged ring of ten from Charles Church, Plymouth as scrap ("=
at an=20
absurdly low figure - but cannot vouch for this" per JT & Co).</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I don't know if the Dockyard Chapel was re=
instated=20
after the war - if so, it was without a ring of bells.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:neil.tcct@v..." title=3Dneil.tcct@v...>Neil=
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Skelton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 23, 2004 8:16 P=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Plymout=
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(Devonport Dockyard Chapel)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It is said that the bells originall=
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destined for St Michael's, Princetown, adjacent to the prison went to the=
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Dockyard Chapel, destroyed in the SWW. The building of Princetown church,=
by=20
French and American prisoners of war was commenced in 1810. By 1814 the p=
rison=20
was running down due to the cessation of hostilities and a request to the=
=20
prison authorities to provide a set of communion plate was turned down .=
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Further, although the bells had been cast, the Prison Board did not feel=
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authorised in incur further expense. Instead they were taken from=20
Plymouth (where presumably they had been delivered) to the Dockyard =
and=20
hung in a chapel there. Does anyone know who cast these bells and whether=
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there is any truth in this story?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Princetown church is now in the care of =
The=20
Churches Conservation Trust which has incurred a hefty sum on essential=20
repairs. The single bell (20.5/8" diameter) was cast in 1821 by J. Abraha=
m of=20
Tavistock. It is, I believe, only one of two bells extant by this founder=
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Unfortunately, it was cracked when it fell from the tower. It is to be we=
lded=20
and rehung.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Neil Skelton.</FONT></DIV><BR></BODY></H=
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