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> The six bells at Thornhill were the original six from St Mary Mirfield
> before the new church was built and the distinctive ten installed -
> transferred in 1871. Before this Thornhill had three seventeenth century
> bells the treble of which went to Middlestown before in turn going into t=
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> Thornhill must have one of the best transfer lists of any tower.
I would say exactly the opposite:
Two of the original three scrapped
Five of the replacement six scrapped. And of these one was one of the few b=
ells with John Hedderlys name on it, and three bells were by Thomas Hilton =
of Wath including his largest known bell. (Apart from the small 3 at Darlt=
on, Notts, his largest survival in one tower).
GAD
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