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<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m pleased to say that I now have details of the old tenor at Cirencester. I doubt if anyone will be surprised to learn that the supposed weight of 29 cwt was a classic case of “weight creep”. The Cirencester ring is listed in the 1830 Rudhall catalogue as 12, tenor 26 cwt – and the list weights are generally about right (and seldom exceeded by actual weights). However, the actual weight of the old bell – weighed prior to recasting in 1984 – turned out to be rather less, at 24-2-24. The canons had been removed some time previously though.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>So now we know<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The other “light twelve” for Richard to consider is St.Bride’s Fleet Street – for which no exact weight is available, as far as I know. The Rudhall list shows it as 28 cwt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5'>Chris Pickford<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5'>E-mails</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5'> (interchangeably – use either) </span><a href="mailto:c.j.pickford@talk21.com"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060'>c.j.pickford@talk21.com</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5'> or </span><a href="mailto:c.j.pickford.t21@btinternet.com"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060'>c.j.pickford.t21@btinternet.com</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>



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