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<div>http://www.carlisleshistory.co.uk/page42.htm</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Says it was cast for Highmoor House, 1884.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 3, 2020 5:02:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> RON EAST <ronald.east@btinternet.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Mears and Stainbank Re: Bell history</font>
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Ron,</div>
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You may already be aware of this. Mears and Stainbank was a former company/trading name for the Whitechapel Bell Foundry ("WBF"), see <a href="http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/Past.htm">http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/Past.htm</a> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">and
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When WBF closed the foundry in Whitechapel three years ago, they stated (see "Our records" at, <a href="http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/news.htm" id="LPNoLP113114">http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/news.htm</a> )</div>
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that their archive was being transferred to the London Metropolitan Archives. </div>
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If you are interested, you can search the LMA collections catalogue at, <a href="https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/256199115?UNIONSEARCH&APPLICATION=UNION_VIEW&LANGUAGE=144&simple_exp=y&HISTORY=LMA_DESCRIPTION&ERRMSG=[WWW_LMA]err.htm&REPORT=WEB_SUMMARY" id="LPlnk956193"></a></div>
<a href="https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll?logon&application=UNION_VIEW&language=144&file=[WWW_LMA]home.html" id="LPlnk498655">https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll?logon&application=UNION_VIEW&language=144&file=[WWW_LMA]home.html</a>
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<div>Julian Perfect<br>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> on behalf of RON EAST via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 03 February 2020 16:15<br>
<b>To:</b> bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> RON EAST <ronald.east@btinternet.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Bell history</font>
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<div>Could anyone discover the history of this bell, please? </div>
<div>It was hung outside St Aiden’s Church in Carlisle in 1901. The only inscription (no date) is ‘Mears and Stainbank’. It is 46<span>¾</span> inches in diameter and sounds the note Eb (633.5 Hz - 31 cents sharp). Weight about 16 cwt. </div>
<div>It may have been cast originally for Highmoor House in Wigton, Cumbria.</div>
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