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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Certainly the three rings mentioned went down to
Cleeve Abbey, being considered the most historically 'at risk' in London.
The treble and sanctus at St Bart's the Less did not leave the
tower, which is why the back two only now have dead fittings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As we have said before, it was almost a case of
"leave the bells in the tower and get bombed", these three, also St Magnus,
Southwark, Redcliffe all being lowered and stowed away, and the churches coming
through along with Bart's and Undershaft largely intact. It didn't save St
Clement Danes, though; and I am told that the survivivng Sanctus bell there
(R Mot) was left in the tower and actually passed through the
flames.</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd love to see a scan of the photograph of the
Bart's bells at Cleeve Abbey.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=R.Johnston@IdTLeNpY2rI2BKrWN0PC_M8GMETVP7kJIVRrg3DMTTENsUCQycb_jB404PGJP-mgseIqOhv1VufvjVa6VgbViFotIvIoeBw.yahoo.invalid href="mailto:R.Johnston@m1lgwb1PXor0gW27iLrgUudpKveC0LS56irqKkOyYExAJdp-qWMke7_SmvOYd39a19r0n2qrSkfGpjOb26L9.yahoo.invalid.uk">RJ
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:37
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Re: Time
Team: Salisbury cathedral Campanile.</DIV>
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<P><BR><BR>Not sure I know more than any of you. The programme certainly
didn't <BR>mention that some of the stones had gone to Alderbury<BR><BR>ON
ANOTHER ISSUE - A QUERY<BR><BR>I have a colleague who is writing a book on the
Quantocks and he has <BR>unearthed that among many of the fittings and
furniture from London <BR>churches 'evacuated' during WWII, the bells of St
Bartholomew the Great, St <BR>Bartholomew the Less, and St Andrew Undershaft
were stored in the cloisters <BR>of Cleeve Abbey - for which he has a
picture.<BR><BR>he asked if the bells of other churches were similarly
evacuated to safe <BR>havens in the countryside - and I had to express total
ignorance! Does <BR>anybody know more?<BR><BR>RON<BR><BR>--On 12 February 2009
16:33 +0000 Anne Willis <<A
href="mailto:zen16073%40zen.co.uk">zen16073@zen.<WBR>co.uk</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Ron Johnston has been
collecting material on the Salisbury campanile for a<BR>> long time. I have
sent him some information (or sources of information)<BR>> but<BR>> have
not kept copies of most of it.<BR>><BR>> Not having a TV I didn't see
the programme. Did anyone mention that stones<BR>> from the campanile were
used to build Alderbury house?<BR>><BR>> Below is the faculty to dispose
of the remaining bells which were bought<BR>> by<BR>> Wells of
Aldbourne.<BR>><BR>> Anne<BR>><BR>> WSRO D1/61/1C P.215 1777 [not
checked]<BR>><BR>> John by divine Permission Bishop of Sarum to our
beloved in Christ the<BR>> Venerable Dean and Chapter of our Cathedral
Church of Sarum Greeting.<BR>> Whereas you have by your petition under your
common seal bearing Date the<BR>> eleventh day of January last represented
unto us that five of the Bells<BR>> which hung in the Belfry and belonging
to our said Cathedral Church and<BR>> were<BR>> taken down some years
since when the spire of the said Belfry was removed<BR>> and the top
thereof lowered and now covered in and have ever since<BR>>
remained<BR>> and must remain useless that you have lately been at
considerable expense<BR>> in<BR>> cleaning and beautifying the inside of
the said Church and propose (having<BR>> had an encouraging offer of
assistance to make further improvement<BR>> therein)<BR>> that it would
greatly contribute to such proposed improvement or any<BR>> further<BR>>
improvement or Repairs of the said church if the said useless bells
were<BR>> to be sold and disposed of and the Profits therefrom arising were
thereto<BR>> appropriated to such proposed Improvements or any further
Improvements or<BR>> repairs of the said Church we therefore taking the
premises into<BR>> consideration and being fully satisfied of the truth of
the allegations<BR>> aforesaid and favourably inclined to grant so
reasonable a request Do<BR>> hereby<BR>> give and grant to you (as far
as by law we are authorised) our<BR>> Licence and Faculty to sell and
dispose of the said five useless bells and<BR>> to apply the Profits
arising therefrom towards the proposed Improvements<BR>> or<BR>> any
future Improvements or repairs of the said Church In Witness thereof<BR>>
we<BR>> have caused our Episcopal Seal to be hereunto affixed Dated at our
House<BR>> in<BR>> London the Tenth day of February in the yeare of our
Lord seventeen<BR>> seventy<BR>> seven and in the eleventh year of our
Translation<BR>> [signed] John Sarum<BR>><BR>> WSRO 1966/47<BR>>
NB [at end] that Alderbury house was built of the stones from the<BR>>
destroyed campanile of Salisbury Cathedral.<BR>><BR>> J[ohn]. Waylen
'The real spoliators of Salisbury Cathedral were Bishop<BR>> Barrington and
his advisers. . . the lost belfry will ever be a subject of<BR>>
lamentation'<WBR>.<BR>><BR>><BR>>
<BR><BR>------------<WBR>---------<WBR>-<BR>Prof Ron Johnston FBA<BR>School of
Geographical Sciences<BR>University of Bristol<BR>Bristol BS8 1SS, UK<BR>+44
(0)117 928 9116<BR><A
href="mailto:R.Johnston%40bristol.ac.uk">R.Johnston@bristol.<WBR>ac.uk</A><BR><A
href="http://www.ggy.bris.ac.uk/staff/staff_johnston.html">http://www.ggy.<WBR>bris.ac.uk/<WBR>staff/staff_<WBR>johnston.<WBR>html</A><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BODY></HTML>