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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It's quite a time since I went to Stepping=
ley (29=20
March 1980) and it was a fairly hasty inspection, but the basic details bel=
ow=20
should be more or less alright. I know the inscriptions need re-checking ..=
. one=20
day!</FONT></DIV>
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lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ch=
ristopher=20
Graye, 1660</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
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t-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><SPAN=20
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">25.75=94</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DE=
N-GB=20
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al Unicode MS'"><SPAN=20
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AN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3-3-0<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1">  =
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</SPAN>E (a little sharp)</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Ari=
al Unicode MS'"><?xml:namespace=20
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236.25pt"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2/4</SPAN><SPAN=
=20
lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Ari=
al Unicode MS'"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lan=
g=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Taylor, Robert =
Taylor,=20
1807</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
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t-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><SPAN=20
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lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">28=94</SPAN><SPA=
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al Unicode MS'"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4-0-25<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
=20
</SPAN>D#</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Ari=
al Unicode MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -0.75pt; tab-stops: 27.25pt 151.25pt 188.25pt =
236.25pt"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3/4</SPAN><SPAN=
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g=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Taylor, Robert =
Taylor,=20
1814</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
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t-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><SPAN=20
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lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">30=94</SPAN><SPA=
N=20
lang=3DEN-GB=20
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al Unicode MS'"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4-3-22<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
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</SPAN>C#</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Ari=
al Unicode MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
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236.25pt"><SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4/4</SPAN><SPAN=
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g=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Taylor, Robert =
Taylor,=20
1807</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
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t-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><SPAN=20
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lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">34.25=94</SPAN><=
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style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN><SP=
AN=20
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">6-3-22<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
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</SPAN>B (flat)</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">&=
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<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB><FO=
NT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>These are contemporary Taylor weights of 1807/1814. C=
anons on=20
all, but one of the canons is missing on the tenor. Not tuned.</FONT></SPAN=
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">W=
ooden=20
frame =96 made locally =96 dating from the rebuilding of the church in 1859=
-60. Poor=20
design =96 sills, long heads, end-posts and king-posts, with braces from si=
lls to=20
posts. Frame positioned on the east side of the tower. Bells 1 and 4 swing=
=20
east-west on south and north sides of the tower respectively, with bells 2 =
and 3=20
swinging north-south in parallel pits between them. The rope-circle is 1,2,=
4,3.=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">B=
ells=20
probably rehung with new fittings, also locally, in 1859-60, but replaced s=
oon=20
afterwards. Minor repairs =93to the gearing to the bells=94 by William Cubi=
tt &=20
Co in 1868 (=A33.18.0). Fittings renewed and bells quarter turned by Mears =
&=20
Stainbank in 1878 for =A357.12s., by order of the architect, Henry Clutton.=
Treble=20
headstock renewed locally in 1979</SPAN></P>
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