<html><body><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The back 8 of Christ Church, Bristol were apparently retuned in 1789 by William Bilbie.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://bristolbells.weebly.com/christ-church.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://bristolbells.weebly.com/christ-church.html</a></div><div id="ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line" data-applydefaultfontstyles="true" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Regards Nick</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Sent from </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg">Outlook for Android</a></span></div><div dir="auto" id="mail-editor-reference-message-container"><br><hr style="display: inline-block; width: 98%;"><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-size: 11pt;" dir="auto"><b>From:</b> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> on behalf of Richard Smith via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 18, 2026 7:48:14 pm<br><b>To:</b> bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Cc:</b> Richard Smith <richard@ex-parrot.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Early examples of retuned rings<br></div><br>When did the practice of retuning rings of bells begin? I can't<br>immediately think of a single instance where a ring was retuned before<br>the twentieth century, though I find it extremely hard to believe there<br>are no such examples, particularly when rings were remodelled? For<br>example, when Kensington were topped and tailed by Warner's in 1879,<br>were any of the retained Janaway bells retuned?<br><br>RAS<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bell-historians mailing list<br>Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk<br>https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians<br><br></div></body></html>