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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080>The recovery of George
III from one of his periodic bouts of madness was marked by John Briant of
Hereford. He used the inscription</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080>UNFEIGNED PRAISE TO
HEAVENS AND ALMIGHTY KING</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080>FOR HEALTH RESTORED
TO GEORGE THE THIRD WE SING</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080>At Hanwell (1789) St Ebbe
Oxford and Littlebury Essex (1790)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>these bells are still there.</DIV>
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<DIV>At hanwell where the bells are currently out of the tower there is a local
legend that there was a mix up with one of them and it was swapped with
one destined for somewhere else. A common enough local legend!!</DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone know of any evidence to support that idea or have anything
interesting to add to that tale or these inscriptions??</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080>Graham
Nabb</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080>07974
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