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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> on behalf of Matthew Higby via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 13, 2021 7:38:30 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Matthew Higby <matthewhigby@aol.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Early rings of eight</font>
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<blockquote style="border-left:2px solid blue; padding-left:3px">They, together with the ten at Derby
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wholly dating to the 17th century or earlier.</blockquote>
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<div class="x_yqt5783530083" id="x_yqtfd06305">From memory - Derby are not all original. One of the bells was replaced with a different bell of a similar vintage to the rest. I'm not sure if that actually matters.</div>
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<div class="x_yqt5783530083" id="x_yqtfd06305">Matthew</div>
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