Pontefract

[Andrew Aspland]

There was a Ringing World article which gave the weights of the original ten
at St Woolos (Taylor 1913) - G&J recast the front three when they made them
into twelve - because they were too small. I noted, at the time, that the
trebles at St Giles Pontefract (Taylor 1920) were, proportionally, even
lighter than the front bells at St Woolos. And they have button tops so a
good few pounds can be subtracted to give the weight of the actual bell.
The treble is 3-0-26 with its button top.

The chiming treble at Hunslet (Taylor 1939) is the same note and weighs in
at 3-1-2. This seems at odds with recent discussion about the lightness of
bells hung for chiming!

Andrew