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<font face="Times New Roman">Too true! A colleague of mine and I set
our to explore/survey the tower (1550s) and western facade
(roughly c.1300 with predecessors) of Waltham Abbey church in
2015. We thought it would take a few months but we are still on
the case!<br>
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Lawrence<br>
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a term that I like very much -- "industrial archaeology."
Since bell towers are typically the least-modified parts of
a church in the course of repairs, renovations and
restorations, they often contain obscure evidence of the
past that may be quite difficult to interpret -- as the
present discussion clearly demonstrates!<br>
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c.j.pickford--- via Bell-historians
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not seriously doubting your statement about the
clock, Tony, but it would be useful to check the
outside of the soundbows to see if there is any
sign of clock hammer indentation.</span></p>
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<p class="ydp16012fb0yiv7502027288MsoNormal"><span>There
is no clock at Wilden in Bedfordshire and hasn’t
been for a very long time, but the tenor clearly
shows the marks of a clock hammer on the soundbow
– and I found a stone clock weight in the tower.
Research showed that church inventories (glebe
terriers) of 1708, 1822 and 1828 all mention “a
clock without face” – so there never would have
been any obvious sign after the mechanism had been
removed. </span></p>
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evidence comes in all sorts, and it’s not always
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