<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"></HEAD>
<BODY style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff" bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In the summary of George Heathcote's bells in The
Church Bells of Derbyshire there is a 40.5 inch bell at Youlgreave recast by
Mears & Stainbank in 1870, weighing 11-2-19, any chance that it didn't go
into the pot and is now at Clitheroe?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>DS</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=alanjbirney@y6EsgArVjgqD60wzsqIFLlTJZINrXC98tMqFw_vVPMsTvnDvKKWjRL-X1pt1I9aVAgkqm6_FNGnrhGsJ5w_65KPnBnajBBT6Kkmo.yahoo.invalid
href="mailto:alanjbirney@JxBtXExGLktlQM-OB4bBCQl3scWjNSpV_qREczDiDA8hY-raiWGI7Wnjo-TuiHrPYrnJnr8RtkmRxWv8Z_KSx82Vtw.yahoo.invalid">fartwell2000</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 26, 2011 1:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Heathcote
bell</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none"> </SPAN>
<DIV id=ygrp-text>
<P><BR><BR>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>,
"Nick Bowden" <nickwbowden@...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> <BR>> I would
say 11 cwt. A very interesting find.<BR>> Nick<BR>><BR><BR>Indeed a very
interesting find.<BR><BR>A few months earlier, John Greenhough discovered an
unhung bell cast in 1828, at Chipping (Lancs) RC. Off list discussion has
suggested that the Chipping bell (one of two unhung bells) may have been cast
in Wigan.<BR><BR>I turned up an unhung bell at Brindle, RC Church at the same
time-also cast in 1828. This one is cast in brass and is 15"
diameter.<BR><BR>The interesting thing about the Brindle bell, is that it was
cast by J Lindsay & Co, Canal Foundry, Preston, Lancs. That Foundry
appears to be trading under the name of Stevenson & Co by the
1830s.<BR><BR>There is a bronze bell from the Canal foundry (also found by
John), at Withnell, Lancs. Stevenson & Co cast two bronze bells in 1835 as
replacements for a ring which was at Leyland, St Andrew.<BR><BR>Gillett and
Johnston recast that ring in 1929. But the fact that the Stevenson & co
bells at Leyland were in existance for over ninety years is remarkable. It
would take a lot of effort in the 1800's for a company who didn't cast bells
as part of a ring/chime as part of thier normal business, to cast two bells as
part of a ring.<BR><BR>There is/was a bell from the Canal Foundry up in
Rothesy, Scotland, I understand.<BR><BR>But I wonder how many bells there are
in existance cast by that foundry, and how many were cast in bronze? It could
be that the foundry only cast bells when asked to, in addition to their main
business, or that they tried unsuccesfully, to break into the market as
bellfounders.<BR><BR>Alan<BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email -->
<br><br></BODY></HTML>