[Bell Historians] Re: Todays R.W front page tower

[George Dawson]

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Jewitts entry:


WORMHILL.
THERE are six bells in this church, which is dedicated to St. Margaret.
Until 1863 there was only one bell here; in that year the old bell was
discarded, and a new peal of six cast by Taylor, of Loughborough, put
up. These six bells are the six largest of a peal of eight cast by
Taylor &. Son on speculation, with the intention of hanging them at
their foundry for the purpose of illustrating church bell-work. They
are believed to be, in point of size and weight, by far the smallest peal o=
f church bells in existence.
lst bell-J TAYLOR & CO., LOUGHBORO, 1863. In Roman capital letters in one l=
ine round the haunch.

2nd bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1863. In Roman capital letters in one line=
round the haunch.

3rd bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1863. In Roman capital letters in one line=
round the haunch.

4th bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1863. In Roman capital letters in one line=
round the haunch.

5th bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1863. In Roman capital letters in one line=
round the haunch.

6th bell-J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBORO 1864. In Roman capital letters in one line=
round the haunch.

The whole peal was supplied with the date 1863, but the tenor
being found defective was returned to the makers, and recast by them
in 1864; hence the difference in dates on the bells.

This explains the tenor.

GAD
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Chris Pickford=20
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Re: Todays R.W front page tower


I've certainly seen something about Wormhill bells and the foundry, but t=
here's nothing (at a quick look) in Halls / Dawson or in the RW articles of=
15 March 1996 and 11 Dec. 1998 on the recent restoration.

It might be worth looking at the Wormhill entry in Llewellin Jewitt's ser=
ies on "Church Bells of Derbyshire", but I don't have ready access to a cop=
y

CP
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Alan J.Birney=20
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Todays R.W front page tower


--- In bellhistorians at y..., "Mike Chester" <mike at m...> wrote:
> > 3 Did Taylors have a light transportable exibition/demonstration=20
> ring=20
> > in the middle to late 1800s?
> >=20
>=20
> I've been told by someone, I cannot remember who, that the bells=20
now=20
> at Wormhill were originally such a ring. Perhaps someone could=20
> confirm this?
>=20
> Mike

I had heard such a story years ago-I have asked Barry Pierson
(churchwarden and now a Wormhill ringer) about fifteen years ago and=20
he knew nothing of it.
However,the Wormhill bells were apparantly ordered by a vicar who had=20
connections with the hamlet of Wormhill,and I think the tenor was=20
taken from stock and the rest cast separatly-I think the tenor is a=20
year older than the front five-The bells were reasonably thick=20
castings and have responded quite well to retuning,and the bells are=20
very easy to ring now they have been rehung-a well known Yorkshire=20
ringer has stated (within the last Fifteen years) that a ring of six=20
should have a tenor of no less than 3cwt-having a ring on Wormhill=20
bells blows that theory out of the water.
The late Gordon Halls and everyone else connected with the Wormhill=20
rehang have done an excellent job.
Alan
The two small bells in the tower previous to the ring of six=20
were I believe,scrapped.




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