[Bell Historians] Early Warner bells

[George Dawson]

George Elphicks Church Bells of Sussex ( ISBN 900592 08 7, try your local
librarys ILL service) mentions a ring of 6 cast for Shalford in 1789.

George Dawson



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Walton" <je.walton at v...>
To: <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:08 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Early Warner bells


> I'm sure someone on this list will be able to enlighten me on the early
> history of bell founding by of the Warner dynasty.
>
> At Wooburn we have a 1790 bell, damaged canons removed in 1980, now
retuned
> as part of the current restoration. I understand that this is an early
> example of Warner's work - are there any earlier surviving bells? I had
> always presumed that the bell would have been cast at Cripplegate, but I
am
> led to believe that the foundry wasn't set up until later - so where was
it
> cast? Whitechapel perhaps?
> On a completely seperate matter, is there a current 'Bells of Sussex' (or
> equivelent) in print? Where could I lay my hands on such a thing?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> John