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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Briant bell(of Hertford) at Littlebury lists
the Churchwardens and Vicar as N.Perry, T.Turner, Churchwardens, W.Gretton,
Vicar.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Church Bells of Oxfordshire records the 4th at
Hanwell with the Churchwardens and Vicar as N.Percy, T.Turner, Churchwardens,
W.Gretton, Vicar.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps the Littlebury bell was rejected by Hanwell
because the churchwardens name was spelt wrong?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Hanwell
Oxon</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080>
<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>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic"
color=#000080></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080>At Hanwell (1789) St
Ebbe Oxford and Littlebury Essex (1790)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>these bells are still there.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Does anyone know of any evidence to support that idea or have anything
interesting to add to that tale or these inscriptions?<WBR>?</DIV>
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color=#000080></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Century Gothic"
color=#000080></FONT></STRONG> </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
743766</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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