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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Tim,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you so much for your email.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve also written to the Buccleuch Estate to see whether any record survives of the auction or subsequent disposal of the bells, and to Bagley and Taylor in case their foundry archives include any relevant entries. If we do uncover anything,
we would also be happy to share it with you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If any of the historians have further information, that would be wonderful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you again for sending the Keltek Trust list — it’s much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kindest regards,<br>
Suzanna<o:p></o:p></p>
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From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Tim Jackson <timjacksonemail@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> 08 November, 2025 12:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GRANT-KEJAIRI Suzanna, DAF <Suzanna.GRANT-KEJAIRI@oecd.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> dove@cccbr.org.uk; research@cccbr.org.uk; helmaveeger@aol.com; Bell Historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Barnwell All Saints (Northamptonshire) – four bells sold c.1821<o:p></o:p></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Suzanna,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have been unable to find any further details about these bells.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is nothing in the Dove database.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is no entry on the master list of Lost Rings, maintained by the Keltek Trust:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.keltektrust.org.uk/downloads.html">https://www.keltektrust.org.uk/downloads.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And, although there is an entry on the Peterborough Diocesan Guild church bell inventory, it contains no new information over and above what you have discovered for yourself:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://inventory.pdg.org.uk/Lostsoldorremovedbells.html">https://inventory.pdg.org.uk/Lostsoldorremovedbells.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am copying this reply to the Bell Historians group in case anyone can help.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 at 13:31, <<a href="mailto:Suzanna.GRANT-KEJAIRI@oecd.org">Suzanna.GRANT-KEJAIRI@oecd.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dear Dove’s Guide Research Team,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">I am researching the former church of
<b>Barnwell All Saints</b>, Northamptonshire, which was demolished around <b>1821</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">According to Thomas North’s
<i>Church Bells of Northamptonshire</i> (1878), the church then possessed <b>four bells</b>, sold by auction when the building was dismantled.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am attempting to trace whether any of these bells were:<o:p></o:p></p>
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transferred to nearby parishes (Oundle, Titchmarsh, Hemington, Wigsthorpe, Southwick, or Barnwell St Andrew), or<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
recast and incorporated elsewhere under a known founder (e.g., Norris, Newcombe, or later C18–C19 founders).<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If Dove’s Guide or your bell historian network holds any record or note linking
<b>Barnwell All Saints</b> with another parish’s bells, I would be most grateful to know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Any references, foundry notes, or pointers to local ringers’ archives would be deeply appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">With many thanks for your time and for maintaining such an invaluable resource,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I would also be happy to share any findings or updates for inclusion in Dove’s Guide, should this help clarify the historical record for the county’s lost churches.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Suzanna Grant-Kejairi<o:p></o:p></p>
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