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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The cost must be a mistake. A quick check on
near-contemporary prices shows that a bell of similar size from Mears for a
Warwickshire in 1842 cost £27 complete with fittings, and the bell itself cost
£22. The price of metal at that time was £7 per cwt.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Llanddeiniol bell is mentioned in Sharpe's
"Cardiganshire" and it is a Mears (London) bell of 1833, 24" in
diameter</FONT></DIV>
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