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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Long time since we had our "News from Canewdon".
After all the research and so forth, has anything been published and generally
available on this interesting old ring and its highly approved successor?
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:30 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: A Short
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<P>Interestingly, but probably not that unusually, all five of the old bell
wheels at Canewdon have the garter holes at the 12 o-clock position when the
bells are down. (As they have been for 107 years now.)<BR>Two of the bell
wheels are dated 1716 and it is known from the bell invoice that the wheel
that looks the newest on the 4th was supplied new with the bell in 1791.
Although there are several invoices and receipts for repairs to the others
there are no new wheels listed in the accounts, so it is assumed that the
remaining two wheels pre-date the early 1690's when the detailed accounts
start. They also look the oldest of the five but are more substantial in
construction than the later wheels.<BR><BR>Brian Meldon<BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>