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<DIV><SPAN class=640043218-14112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>When
Fred Sharpe wrote up Herefordshire bells he commented that complete rings of
bells by the Rudhalls were becoming rare, and Mary Bliss in her
Gloucestershire book notes that the back six at Prestbury (Abel Rudhall
1748) are the only complete ring by him remaining in the Diocese.
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<DIV><SPAN class=640043218-14112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>However they are by no means extinct. Near Lancaster we have
complete Rudhall rings at </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=640043218-14112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cockerham
(6) which are all Abel Rudhall 1748 and </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=640043218-14112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Melling (6) which
are Abel Rudhall 1753-4. We also have the back six of the
eight at Hornby, which were cast at the Gloucester foundry during the period
when it was under Francis Tyler's management in 1761. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640043218-14112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>And at Boston (Mass) the eight at Old North Church are as I
understand it still a complete Abel Rudhall eight of 1744.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640043218-14112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Mike Chester<BR><B>Sent:</B> 14 November 2006
09:45<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bell
Historians] Rudhall Rings<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>The Hawarden website says that they are the only complete Rudhall <BR>ring.
I find this surprising for some reason. Is this claim true, <BR>based on being
a ring by one Rudhall only?<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>