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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140165215-03082007>"</SPAN>LYNG, Som., now
6. Seen before and after Whitechapel 1969 work.<SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140165215-03082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Do you know who the frame is by?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140165215-03082007>"</SPAN>NORTHOVER, Som.
Inspected Jan. 1992.<BR>1 Richard Purdue I 1636 absent, having been broken and
scrapped (but the<BR>inscription band said to have been preserved in a museum in
Yeovil).<SPAN class=140165215-03082007>"</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=140165215-03082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
looked into this a while back. The bell was acquired by the Wilton (Taunton)
ringers and used as scrap when the two trebles of ten were cast - there's a
photo in the ringing chamber at Wilton of the inscription band being cut out
with an angle grinder. I asked the Wilton ringers what had happened to the
inscription band, and they thought it had been given to Taunton museum. Mike
Hansford (Tower Captain at Bishops Lydeard, who works in the museum) was going
to find out - don't know whether he did. This has reminded me that I need to
follow it up!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=140165215-03082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>David</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>