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<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
important dated bell from here has arrived at Taylors for restoration, the
church having been burnt in 2006.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It is
dated 1462, not 1465 as reported by Walters in CBE etc. The full inscription
reads:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>[+]
<FONT face="Old English Text MT">ihc</FONT> [stop] <FONT
face="Old English Text MT">thomas </FONT>[stop] <FONT
face="Old English Text MT">york</FONT> [stop] <FONT
face="Old English Text MT">abbas</FONT> [stop] <FONT
face="Old English Text MT">de </FONT>[stop] <FONT
face="Old English Text MT">holm <FONT face=Arial>[stop] </FONT>cV <FONT
face=Arial>[stop] </FONT>dominio <FONT face=Arial>[stop] </FONT>anno dni <FONT
face=Arial>[stop] </FONT>millo <FONT face=Arial>[diamond stop] </FONT>cccco
<FONT face=Arial>[diamond stop] </FONT>lxiio</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
o's at the end of millo , cccco & lxiio are superscript.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
diameter is 20.93" & it weighs 1.3.8. The canons have long been removed. The
stop and lettering seem to be unique.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
bell is very important as there are so few dated bells between 1450 & 1500
(this bell, Salhouse, Grimley & Durham castle are the only ones to survive,
a few, now recast are known).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Photographs should be posted on the photos section
soon.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=636251510-01102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>GAD</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>