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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Grateful thanks to you both. The additional details have also yielded a nominal for the Warrington bell and corrected the date on the Higher Walton bell. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>DrL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>c.j.pickford--- via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> 19 December 2022 22:31<br><b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians' <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Cc:</b> c.j.pickford@talk21.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Warrington / Higher Walton, St John Evangelist<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Grosvenor Avenue, indeed (my transcription error – sorry)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#1F3864'>Chris Pickford</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F3864'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496'>Westray, Bowling Green Lane, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1DS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496'>Tel: 07811-453525<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496'>e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:pickford5040@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>pickford5040@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bell-historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Chester via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> 19 December 2022 22:27<br><b>To:</b> Bell Historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Mike Chester <<a href="mailto:mikechester@hotmail.com">mikechester@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Warrington / Higher Walton, St John Evangelist<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/9235199.padgate-brownies-group-have-new-base/">https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/9235199.padgate-brownies-group-have-new-base/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Suggests that it was repurposed about 10 years ago and is in Grosvenor Avenue, not Street.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think that this might be it, no 32.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x487b018436ab1705%3A0x30a8efb676894695!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDPsABaaz2chlbsNVOfe0_Q%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26yaw%3D262.51306%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100%26w%3D520%26h%3D175!5swarrington%20st%20john%2C%20grosvenor%20avenue%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2sDPsABaaz2chlbsNVOfe0_Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZosfr3Ib8AhWCQUEAHfjZCu0Q7ZgBKAB6BAgPEAI">https://www.google.co.uk/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x487b018436ab1705%3A0x30a8efb676894695!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDPsABaaz2chlbsNVOfe0_Q%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26yaw%3D262.51306%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100%26w%3D520%26h%3D175!5swarrington%20st%20john%2C%20grosvenor%20avenue%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2sDPsABaaz2chlbsNVOfe0_Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZosfr3Ib8AhWCQUEAHfjZCu0Q7ZgBKAB6BAgPEAI</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Bell-historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> on behalf of c.j.pickford--- via Bell-historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 19, 2022 10:12:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians' <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:c.j.pickford@talk21.com">c.j.pickford@talk21.com</a> <<a href="mailto:c.j.pickford@talk21.com">c.j.pickford@talk21.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Warrington / Higher Walton, St John Evangelist</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal>Can help identify Warrington St.John. It is/was a Mission Church in Grosvenor Street. Here are the main details of the single bell from the Taylor records of 1936:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Warrington, St.John's Mission Church, Lancs: Taylor index - 1936, one bell, 2 cwt; job book vol.342 p.60 - 1. 21⅛” 1549hz 1-3-20. Hung dead; Inscription book 1936 p.73 - 21” bell, <span style='font-size:8.0pt'>242</span> / JOHN TAYLOR & CO. * FOUNDERS * LOUGHBOROUGH * 1936 *; Daybook vol.21 p.128 – 27 June 1936, Bell 21” 1-3-20 for St.John’s Mission Church, Warrington, invoiced to Messrs. William & Segar Owen, Chartered & Registered Architects, Palmyra Square Chambers, Warrington. Supplied with lever clapper with trigger action. Total charge £29.4.6., Sent to Harry Fairclough, Building Contractor, St.John’s Mission Church, Grosvenor Street, Warrington.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Similar details for Higher Walton – a Taylor bell of 1883 – are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Higher Walton (near Warrington), St.John the Evangelist, Cheshire: Taylor index - 1883, one bell, 23 cwt; Copy book 56 p.4 - Taylor Bell 49⅜", 22-2-24 [double-checked], forwarded 9 March 1883; Daybook 5 p.72 - 17 March 1883. Sir Gilbert Greenall Bart, Walton Hall, Warrington. To one new bell 22-2-24 at £6.6. per cwt £143.2.0., Fittings frame and fixing £49, inscription (22 letters) 5s.6d, total £183.7.6. Settled 14 May 1883<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=xmsonormal><b><i><span style='color:#1F3864'>Chris Pickford</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:#2F5496'>Knighton, Powys, LD7 1DS</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /><table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"><tr><td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"/></a></td><td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avg.com</a></td></tr></table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"> </a></div></body></html>