The "Guinness" Book of Bells
Andrew Aspland
aaspland at y...
Sat Apr 19 09:54:49 BST 2003
So far we have:
First complete 12: St Michael's Cornhill, Phelps 1728 [Michael Wilby]
Oldest Complete 12: St Paul's Cathedral, Taylor 1878 [Andrew Aspland]
First Complete 13: Leeds Parish Church, Mears 1840 [Andrew Aspland]
First Complete 10: Lichfield??? [Michael Wilby]
Oldest Complete 10: Bury St Edmunds??? [Michael Wilby]
Don't Derby Cathedral rate amongst these?
First Complete 8: Bishops Cannings, John Wallis of Salisbury 1602 [Anne
Willis]
Oldest Complete 8: Merton College, Oxford 1680 [David Bryant]
First Complete 6: Will we ever know?
Oldest Complete 6: Martley, Worcs, Richard Keene 1673 [David Bagley]
Can't be doing with all these averages but I will note
St Swithuns Worcester a 6 with the most recent bell dated 1654. [David
Bagley]
NEXT QUESTIONS:
Longest unguided draught (measured r/c floor to ceiling):
Longest draught (measured r/c floor to gudgeon):
Shortest draught:
Andrew
More information about the Bell-historians
mailing list