<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Many thanks for your kind email. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I can confirm that my thoughts on the bell being older are the fact that it was originally at</div><div dir="auto">Saffron walden, and sold in 1846.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Details on this are from Cecil Deeds.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What we were not aware ar the times was 4 ecclesiastical buildings being built their.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">These comprised of</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Priory</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Abbey 11 36 ad</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Church replaced earlier one built 11.30 Ad.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This is why we wonder if it actually was cast in Belgium, not England, and is before 12 50 ad .</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I may be totally wrong !!!!!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It has still been used recently here, and hope to eventually rehang it again for daily use.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Many thanks </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Fr Jamie </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Richard Smith <richard@ex-parrot.com> </div><div>Date: 07/12/2021 14:19 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: frjamie via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Community of the king of Love, Whaley Hall </div><div><br></div></div>frjamie via Bell-historians wrote:<br><br>> Having looked at the loops at Hanford Dorset<br>> 11th / 14th, I do wonder if my bell is around 11th = 11.50 ad.<br><br>Your canons are more ornate and show a cabling pattern, <br>while the Hanford canons are slender and curve more gently. <br>The Hanford bell also appears distinctly long-waisted which <br>yours is not so obviously. There are plenty of people here <br>with far more expertise than me, and I'll happily be <br>corrected if I've overlooked something relevant, but I would <br>say these factors all point to your bell being significantly <br>more recent than the Hanford bell.<br><br>RAS</body></html>