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<DIV>I'm seeking a house bellfounder with the initials W H. I had previously
supposed that this might be William Haley, who was casting musical handbells in
the 1920s, but another bell has recently been acquired which was
obviously manufactured much earlier.</DIV>
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<DIV>William Hambling was casting at Blackawton 1823 to 1852 according to Hope's
"English Bellfounders". Is anything known of him part from what is in
Ellacombe's "Church Bells of Devon"?</DIV>
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