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size=2>>Newton & Heanes were the successors to Jefferies & Price.
Dates from memory<BR>>about 1856-1870's.<BR>>Nick</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks Nick!</DIV>
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<DIV>Now comes a slightly more complicated question!</DIV>
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<DIV>When was the last bell cast in Somerset (Prior to the Bowditch Foundryin
1989)?</DIV>
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<DIV>Bailey & Street may have been the founders??</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Matthew Higby
& Co Ltd,<BR>Church Bell Engineers.<BR>Jasmine Cottage,<BR>The
Street,<BR>Chilcompton,<BR>Bath,<BR>BA3 4HN.</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>