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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Given that the Church of England does not normally
sell its redundant placves of worship to non-Christian bodies, and that the
majority of church bells are to be found in CofE churches, the likelihood of any
bells having been acquired that way is slim.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't have my old Whitechapel catalogues to hand,
but I have some recollection that Mears cast a (?clock) chime in the 19th
century for a mosque in Calcutta, and it is listed in the pre-1920
catalogues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I gather that he Hindus who bought the West Croydon
Congregational Church did not want the earlyish Gillett chime of eight
bells, so the Trustees sold them as scrap.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: Bells in
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<P>The Buddhists, and earlier religions, have a very long tradition of gongs
and bells.<BR><BR>David<BR><BR>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>,
"Peter Rivet" <peter@...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> I was looking into
buildings designed by David Mocatta, who was responsible<BR>> for Brighton
Station and a number of other structures on the London to<BR>> Brighton
railway, and came across this:<BR>> <BR>> <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montefiore_Synagogue">http://en.wikipedia<WBR>.org/wiki/<WBR>Montefiore_<WBR>Synagogue</A><BR>>
<BR>> From this you will see that it has - unusually for a synagogue - a
chiming<BR>> clock.<BR>> <BR>> Does anyone know anything about the
bell or bells supplied to go with it?<BR>> For an 1833 building designed by
an architect with London connections<BR>> (Mocatta was a pupil of Nash) I
would expect something from Whitechapel, but<BR>> it would be interesting
to know.<BR>> <BR>> Peter Rivet<BR>><BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>