One-bell rings

[Mike Chester <mike@m...>]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Ben Willetts" 
<yahoogroups at b...> wrote:
> Dave Cawley:
> > Of course there are a large number of chimes
> > where the bass bell is hung for ringing.
> 
> Why?
> 
> Ben

I would suspect that this bell is intended to be the service bell and 
that it was hung for ringing as the sound of bells rung in this way 
is usually louder and travels further across the parish than bell 
that are hung for stationary chiming

Mike