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ze=3D2>This=20
email and ones that have gone before it sounds like it could=20
be of interest to me. The bells at my tower (St Mary's, Wo=
tton=20
under Edge, Glos, 8 bells, tenor 18.5 cwt) were cast by Able Rudhall in=20
Gloucester in 1756. The treble and tenor were recast by Taylors=
in=20
1902, the treble to bring it into tune with the other bells, the tenor beca=
use=20
it fell of the wagon on it's way back to the tower from=20
Loughborough! Apart from that I don't know much about the bells=
and=20
I would like to find out more in time for their 250 anniversary in=20
2006. Research on the web showned that Rudhalls were taken over=
by=20
Mears and Stainbank which in turn became The Whitechapel Bell=20
Foundry. Unfortunately, I understand from Whitechapel that reco=
rds=20
relating to the Rudhall period were lost in a fire at Whitechapel a number =
of=20
years ago. I wonder if anyone out there could help with any more data=
on=20
Rudhalls or point me in the direction of previous emails on this=20
subject.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2>Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D1>Best regards</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D1>Andrew Harper</FONT> </P>
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Captain</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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class=3D332582610-03092004>T Mary's</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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class=3D332582610-03092004>otton under Edge, Glos</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Anne Willis=20
[mailto:zen16073@z...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 03 September 2004=20
11:26<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bell=
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Historians] Founders' Artefacts<BR><BR></P></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT><BR>I must have missed David Bryant's comment, reported in=
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from the e-lists,<BR>that pre-industrial founders had few artefacts.<BR><=
BR>I=20
am never very comfortable with the phrase 'pre-industrial', but if you<BR=
>look=20
at the probate inventories of 17th and 18th century founders, then<BR>the=
ir=20
working tools are quite numerous. Bearing in mind that=20
probate<BR>inventories could be quite sketchy, pictures of well-equiped=20
workshops<BR>emerge. The February 1760 probate inventory for Abel Rudhall=
is=20
very lengthy<BR>indeed.<BR><BR>AW<BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>