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<DIV>Hi - I can not remember anyone asking about Abbot bells before.</DIV>
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<DIV>John Abbot & Co. were a general foundry and heavy metal boys in
Gateshead.</DIV>
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<DIV>Their first known bell was cast in 1833 and the last in 1883. </DIV>
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<DIV>Please , if you can, give me details of yours as so far it was unknown to
me. This will make it the 21st recorded bell that I have.</DIV>
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<DIV>Abbot supplied the steel to build Newcastle upon Tyne railway station and
also cast the first post boxes. From memory the first ones went to the Channel
Islands an the first one on the mainland was at Carlisle - but there I could be
wrong about that.</DIV>
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<DIV>They resided at High Street Gateshead and at the Park Works which extended
over a huge area on the banks of the Tyne.</DIV>
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<DIV>They went into liquidation I think in 1909 by overextending
themselves in the work that they took on.</DIV>
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<DIV>Howard Smith -Diocesan bell advisor and part historian on Northumbrian
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