[Bell Historians] weights & measures

Mark Humphreys mark.humphreys at b...
Thu Oct 3 09:26:32 BST 2002


> Today I had a splendid day in Oxford, truly a City blessed with much beauty
> and wonderful towers and spires to gaze at. The wonderful simplicity of Tom
> Tower at Christchurch got me wondering about the bell Great Tom cast in 1680
> by Christopher Hodson. Does anyone know where it was cast and how many
> furnaces were used? Are there any other bells still in existence by this
> founder?

There's 8 at Merton, cast the same year.

Mark





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