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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=312025515-08042010>A bell
has been stolen from a church in the east of Scotland - see <A
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8609877.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8609877.stm</A> .</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT><SPAN
class=312025515-08042010>Historically Marykirk was is Kincardineshire
rather than Aberdeenshire so it isn't covered in Ranald Clouston's
</SPAN></FONT>s<SPAN class=312025515-08042010>urvey of the county. However
it is included in F C Eeles' </SPAN>s<SPAN class=312025515-08042010>tudy of
1897; he says that it is T. Mears 1826, with a diameter of 17 1/4 inches.
He also says that the weight was claimed to be 2cwt. As the diameter given
by the police is slightly different it is possible that it may have
been replaced since - does anyone know?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=312025515-08042010>Peter
Rivet</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>