<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> </head> <body><div class="auto-created-dir-div" dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;"><style>p{margin:0}</style>All<div><p><br></p><p>The following Wikipedia link mentions the bell as cast by Mears and Stainbank in, possibly, 1887.  In addition there are pictures of the Church.  The article states that "The church was closed for services and deconsecrated by the Church of England on 1 November 1997" which considering that Greenwood's Wakefield book was published in 1995 it seems strange that he didn't include it.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Church,_Huddersfield">St Mark's Church, Huddersfield - Wikipedia</a> or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Church,_Huddersfield<br></p><p><br></p><p>HTH</p><p><br></p><p>Peter Kirby ...</p><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 2em; border-left:2px solid #00ADE5; white-space: pre-wrap "><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br>From: georgebellringer@gmail.com<br>To: "'Bell Historians Mailing List'" <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br>Sent: Thursday, 21 Oct, 2021 At 13:49<br>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] St Mark's Old Leeds Road, Huddersfield<br><br>  <div class="Section1">  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;color: rgb(31,73,125);">Its not in Greenwoods Wakefield.</span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;color: rgb(31,73,125);"> </span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;color: rgb(31,73,125);">G</span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;color: rgb(31,73,125);"> </span></p>  <div>  <div style="border: none;border-top: solid rgb(181,196,223) 1.0pt;padding: 3.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm;">  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Tahoma , sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Tahoma , sans-serif;"> Bell-historians [mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Oliver Austin via Bell-historians<br> <b>Sent:</b> 21 October 2021 08:23<br> <b>To:</b> <span class="wt_Email">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</span><span></span><br> <b>Cc:</b> Oliver Austin<br> <b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] St Mark's Old Leeds Road, Huddersfield</span></p>  </div>  </div>  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>  <div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Verdana , sans-serif;">Hello</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"></span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Verdana , sans-serif;">Does anyone have any information about the bell at St Mark's Huddersfield (Old Leeds Road)? The Church is now an office building and I noticed the bell from the ring road.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"></span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Verdana , sans-serif;">It is currently sitting on the floor of the bellcote but looks in very good condition. Trying to contact the owners of the building with not much luck as it wouldn't surprise me if it ended up disappearing.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"></span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Verdana , sans-serif;">Regards</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"></span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Verdana , sans-serif;">Oliver</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";"></span></p>  </div>  </div>  </div>     <hr>_______________________________________________<br>&#x0A;Bell-historians mailing list<br>&#x0A;<span class="wt_Email">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</span><span></span><br>&#x0A;<a target="_blank" href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a><br>&#x0A;</blockquote></div></div></body></html>