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<DIV>Bell numbering was still not an exact science in the nineteenth
century. Church Bells of the West Riding (published in Yorkshire
Archaeological Journal) has several examples where the numbered order of the
inscriptions does not match the numbering of the bells when I have been to
inspect. I think in many cases the inscriptions were recorded by a third
party who may just have started near the door and worked their way round.
Diameters, when given, are in order. </DIV>
<DIV>There is an example of a four which were augmented to six during the time
of the writing of the articles. In which the two additional (treble) bells
of unrecorded diameter are numbered 5 and 6. This would have given the
West Riding its heaviest six by quite a margin.</DIV>
<DIV>Yours</DIV>
<DIV>Andrew</DIV>
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