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Thanks for sharing this Andrew - very interesting. A few questions which sp=
ring to mind from it:
1) Why were the inscriptions on the two trebles reproduced from two out of =
the collection of bells sent in for scrap? I wouldn't have thought the insc=
riptions are of much note, and nothing was reproduced on the back six.
2) What were they doing scrapping a medieval bell (Luddenden) at this late =
a date? By this time such things were frowned upon at the very least.
3) What happened to the back seven bells from Sculcoates, Hull - I'm partic=
ularly interested in this as I'm working on a long-term project on the bell=
s of the York Diocese, which Hull is in.
4) "So that High Hoyland would not be devoid of a bell the Sanctus bell fro=
m the
closed St John's Church, Tong Street, Bradford was fitted up for chiming." =
- Is this the church that had a 6 bell frame with the 4th and tenor in it?
5) "The single bell of 6.125 cwt. from the "round church" [All Saints Pilgr=
im
Street] Newcastle" What happened to the ring of eight from here? Aren't the=
y said to have been destroyed by fire?
"Ron Dove would have known of many of these bells through his work for Pott=
s
clock makers. It seems remarkable that so many bells should have been used
in the casting of the eight and only the former ringing bells got a mention
in "Dove". It is the Sculcoates bell and the Sheepscar bell whose
inscriptions were used on the two trebles."
The Sculcoates bell was a ringing bell too, remember.
Given that scrap bell metal was very valuable at this period, I find it som=
ewhat surprising that St Wilfrid's is such an 'on the cheap' job, consideri=
ng the value of surplus bell metal which there must have been. The frame is=
timber and appears to be locally made; the front six have headstocks of st=
eel bar (cast iron stocks are on the back two only), and the bells are not =
at all easy to handle although they sound nice enough. I always assumed tha=
t money had been short, but from this it doesn't really look like it. I won=
der why the whole lot wasn't obtained from Taylor's with cast iron stocks =
to all bells?
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Thanks for sharing this Andrew - very inte=
resting.=20
A few questions which spring to mind from it:
1) Why were the inscriptions on the two tr=
ebles=20
reproduced from two out of the collection of bells sent in for scrap? =
I=20
wouldn't have thought the inscriptions are of much note, and nothing was=20
reproduced on the back six.
=
2) What were they doing scrapping a mediev=
al bell=20
(Luddenden) at this late a date? By this time such things were frowned upon=
at=20
the very least.
3) What happened to the back seven bells f=
rom=20
Sculcoates, Hull - I'm particularly interested in this as I'm working on a=
=20
long-term project on the bells of the York Diocese, which Hull is=20
in.
4) "So that High Hoyland would not be devoid of a bell the Sanctus bel=
l=20
from the
closed St John's Church, Tong Street, Bradford was fitted up fo=
r=20
chiming." - Is this the church that had a 6 bell frame with the 4th an=
d=20
tenor in it?
5) "The single bell of 6.125 cwt. from the "round churc=
h"=20
[All Saints Pilgrim
Street] Newcastle" What happened to the ring of eigh=
t=20
from here? Aren't they said to have been destroyed by fire?
=
"Ron Dove would have known of many of these bells through his work for=
=20
Potts
clock makers. It seems remarkable that so many bells should =
have=20
been used
in the casting of the eight and only the former ringing bells =
got a=20
mention
in "Dove". It is the Sculcoates bell and the Sheepscar bel=
l=20
whose
inscriptions were used on the two trebles."
The Sculcoates bell was a ringing bell too=
,=20
remember.
Given that scrap bell metal was very valua=
ble at=20
this period, I find it somewhat surprising that St Wilfrid's is such an 'on=
the=20
cheap' job, considering the value of surplus bell metal which there must ha=
ve=20
been. The frame is timber and appears to be locally made; the front six hav=
e=20
headstocks of steel bar (cast iron stocks are on the back two only), and th=
e=20
bells are not at all easy to handle although they sound nice enough. I alwa=
ys=20
assumed that money had been short, but from this it doesn't really look lik=
e it.=20
I wonder why the whole lot wasn't obtained from Taylor's with cast ir=
on=20
stocks to all bells?
David
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