<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Oliver Lee</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
One particularly notable female bellfounder I can think of is the 15th century London founder Joanna hille whose bells can be mostly found in Essex and other parts of the country.</blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I believe the Tenor at Basildon, Essex claims to be the first bell to be cast by a woman. How true that is I am not sure, Especially as the 5th is also by her.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jonathan</div><div dir="auto"></div></div>