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I've just discovered that there is a single bell in the tower at St.
Mary's Derby. It is a magnificent Pugin tower. Does anyone know more
about the bell, and the plans for more bells, if they ever existed.
[It's Victorian. Details are in George's book. If nobody has posted details=
by tomorrow I'll look it up - I don't have the book to hand but we have a =
copy in the Minster ringing chamber,]
It all sounds rather similar to St. Michael and all angels, Mount
Dinham, Exeter. There is an 18 cwt (?) bell in the tower there. It
was cast by Taylors as the 9 of a ring of Ten. It is a great tragedy
that these bells never made it to the tower. Would be nice to see
such a splendid tower equipped with bells.
[That's an 1867 Taylor bell, given as 26 cwt - anyone know whether this is =
a measured weight or an estimate? I understand that it was cast as the teno=
r of a projected ten. Hung for ringing but not in ringable condition. There=
is a single bell (although only small - about 4 cwt) at St Mattthew's in E=
xeter which I have seen and which appears to be in a ringable condition.]
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I've just discovered that there is a single bell in the tower at=20
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Mary's Derby. It is a magnificent Pugin tower. Does anyo=
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know more
about the bell, and the plans for more bells, if they ever=20
existed.
[It's Victorian. Details are in=
George's=20
book. If nobody has posted details by tomorrow I'll look it up - I don't ha=
ve=20
the book to hand but we have a copy in the Minster ringing=20
chamber,]
It all sounds rather similar to=
St.=20
Michael and all angels, Mount
Dinham, Exeter. There is an 18 cwt (=
?)=20
bell in the tower there. It
was cast by Taylors as the 9 of a ring=
of=20
Ten. It is a great tragedy
that these bells never made it to the=20
tower. Would be nice to see
such a splendid tower equipped with=20
bells.
[That's an 1867 Taylor bell, given as 26 cwt - anyone know wh=
ether=20
this is a measured weight or an estimate? I understand that it was cas=
t as=20
the tenor of a projected ten. Hung for ringing but not in ringable conditio=
n.=20
There is a single bell (although only small - about 4 cwt) at St Mattthew's=
in=20
Exeter which I have seen and which appears to be in a ringable=20
condition.]
David
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