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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Slightly off topic of course, but quite a =
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L&J's early larger bells were cast by JT&Co - up to 1872; in Somers=
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among others, Charlynch tenor 2' 11 3/4" 7-1-19 17/4/1863 plus fittings; E=
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Harptree tenor 3' 8 5/8" 14-0-18 25/6/1863; Luxborough treble 2' 4 3/8" 4.1=
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22/4/1864 plus clapper; 3 2' 6 1/8" 4.2.19; 4 2' 10 1/4" 6.1.12; tenor 3' 2=
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8.2.7 8/8/1863. Bristol, St James treble in 10, 1866.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And of course, C&G Mears cast a number=
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for Peter Llewellin. As to the Great Bucket (or has someone recast it ?) at=
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Yeovilton, I've no idea. The reasons David gives are attractive ones unless=
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there is evidence to the contrary. </FONT></DIV>
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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> Friday, August 20, 2004 11:3=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Somerse=
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founders</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>> When was the last bell cast in Somerset (Prior to=
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Bowditch Foundry in<BR>> 1989)?<BR><BR>Also of course, there is the=20
(1870s?) tenor at Yeovilton which claims in its<BR>inscription that it wa=
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cast by Petter of Yeovil (engineers - they still<BR>exist and make diesel=
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engines). It is one of a group of bells bearing<BR>several 'founder's' na=
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including L&J who probably did not cast some of<BR>their early bells.=
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far as I am aware, nobody knows who cast these bells.<BR>Some of them at =
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have radial canons. It is worth noting that Petter's<BR>would probably ha=
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had the furnace capacity for casting fairly sizeable<BR>bells, althouhg I=
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believe it is considered unlikely that they did. CD will<BR>know more abo=
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these bells I'm sure.<BR><BR>David<BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>