<div>I liked the inscription on the 3rd - by Thomas Bilbie I, 1733. According to the tower notice, it includes the following:</div> <div> </div> <div>YOU RUDDLE & COCKEY COME HITHER AND SEE</div> <div>WHICH IS THE BEST WORKMAN OF ALL US THREE</div> <div> </div> <div>The 2nd is by William Cockey, 1727; the 5th by Abraham Rudhall I, 1705!</div> <div> </div> <div>I'm sure there are similarly provocative inscriptions elsewhere.</div> <div> </div> <div>PD<BR><BR><B><I>Susan & Christopher Dalton <dalton.family@GJyGXYIGlwd0xYyzYFBAqdeuK1rayns8vrz09iELZUbYunayrhOj7O6IO_ZUT-q-fFCRmXvCOoVcV83DpW2rrw.yahoo.invalid></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><!-- Network content -->
<DIV id=ygrp-text> <div><BR><BR>>From: "Andrew Higson" <<A href="mailto:andrew-higson%40taylorbells.co.uk">andrew-higson@<WBR>taylorbells.<WBR>co.uk</A>><BR>>To: <<A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>><BR>>Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Kilmersdon, Somerset<BR>>Date: Fri, May 11, 2007, 9:05 am<BR>><BR><BR>> I've added the JT info to the Dove entry - Fidler gives the date of the 5th<BR>> as 1703. I've also put in my estimates of the weights.<BR>><BR>> The bells didn't come to the foundry - they are on L&J timber fittings<BR><BR>Yes. Similar sort of situation to Chiseldon, Wilts.<BR><BR>> and<BR>> it wasn't deemed necessary to bring them into the works.<BR>><BR>><BR>> [mailto:<A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>] On Behalf Of Chris Pickford<BR>> Sent: 11 May 2007 08:20<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A><BR>> Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Kilmersdon, Somerset<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Have very little on Kilmersdon, except that:<BR>><BR>> * Yes - the fifth is by Abraham Rudhall I, 1705. It's first mentioned in<BR>> the 1715 Rudhall catalogue<BR><BR>I too recorded the date on the 5th as 1705.<BR><BR>> * Taylors rehung the bells in a new cast iron frame on Iroko beams in 1955<BR>> - presumably the bells themselves were not taken away from the church<BR><BR>Correct.<BR><BR>> * I don't have any record of diameters<BR><BR>Nor have I: 2001 visit was somewhat hurried. George Massey will have them<BR>I am sure.<BR></div></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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