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<DIV>I don't know if this is relevant. No date available on=20
source.<BR><BR>Extract from Sermon preached by Revd W C Lukis at the=20
rededication of West <BR>Tanfield bells,<BR><BR>"..Mr Mallaby, who had so=20
admirably performed the work". "Ringers should be <BR>on ground floor,=20
unfortunately the bequest by the late rector had the <BR>condition that rin=
gers=20
should be upstairs with outside access."<BR><BR>Lukis's notebook gives thre=
e=20
bells, all by S S Ebor, 1695, 1724, 1685.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000>The present ring are a mixture of Smith and Warn=
er=20
bells. They were rehung by Whitechapel in about 1980, probably in the old f=
rame=20
although I haven't been up to the bells to confirm this. The ringing=20
chamber is till upstairs with outside access - just as well; given the heig=
ht of=20
the bells from the ground, they wouldn't be easy if rung from the ground=20
floor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000>West Tanfield is of course prime Mallaby territo=
ry - it=20
is only a few miles from Masham.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000></FONT> </DIV>
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