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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=703120009-05072010>The
oldest north of the border is almost certainly the one from Kersmains in
Roxburghshire, now on display in the National Museum of Scotland, which is
thought to date from around 1190. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=703120009-05072010>See <A
href="http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_107/107_275_278.pdf">http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_107/107_275_278.pdf</A>
for details. The article by Ranald Clouston also lists some comparable
early bells in England.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=703120009-05072010>Peter
Rivet</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT><BR>--- On Mon,
5/7/10, nitramwe <edwardwmartin@<WBR>gmail.com> wrote:<BR><BR>What
exactly is the oldest church bell in the British Isles - date and
whereabouts? This must have been asked before but I cannot find
it<BR><BR>thanks<BR><BR>Eddie
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