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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Perhaps I didn’t phrase my message
very well. Berkeley, Glos, is listed on the Wikipedia link as a “minster”
church, and this is the first I’ve heard of it in 14 years of ringing
fairly regularly at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Peter Kirby<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 20 October 2008 19:45<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City> Historians] Minster Churches</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Are you sure you are referring to the right Newport - Berkeley is
nearer to Newport, Gwent and quite a way from Newport, IoW!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1:PersonName>
[mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistori<wbr>ans@yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1:PersonName>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Andrew Bull<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 20 October 2008 16:06<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City> Historians] Minster Churches</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I live near <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:place></st1:City>, and ring there
quite often - this is the first I've heard that it's a "minster"!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Andrew Bull<br>
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<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Richard Offen
<richard.offen@<wbr>iinet.net.<wbr>au></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Optima;
color:black'>Oh God! Now there’s another one: Minster <ST1><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">church</ST1></st1:PlaceType> of <ST1><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">St
Thomas</ST1></st1:PlaceName> of <ST1><st1:City w:st="on">Canterbury</ST1></st1:City>
& St Thomas the Apostle, <ST1><ST1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Newport</ST1></ST1></st1:place></st1:City>,
IoW.<O></O></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:black'><O></O>They’re breeding like flies!<O></O></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <ST1><st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</ST1></st1:PersonName>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>mike@mikechester.<wbr>demon.co.<wbr>uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, 20 October 2008 5:06
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <ST1><st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</ST1></st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [<ST1><ST1><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bell</ST1></ST1></st1:place></st1:City>
Historians] Minster Churches</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The BBC did not
get their information from Wikipedia! It tells us exactly what a Minster is. Of
course, Wikipedia is never wrong! ;-)<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minster_">http://en.wikipedia<wbr>.org/wiki/<wbr>Minster_</a>(church)<br>
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Mike<O></O><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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