Newnham on Severn

[andrewmbull <a.bull@s...>]

My thanks to Chris Dalton for adding the final pieces of the Newnham 
puzzle - and also to CJP; I now have the full story without having to 
part with £30 (plus VAT). I suspect that the 10 cwt octave formed in 
1889 were of a more appropriate size for the tower than the current 
ring which replaced them.

It is interesting to note from the Felstead peal records that no less 
than 9 peals were rung on the bells during their short life, the 
final one only a few months before they were removed.

Andrew Bull

Finally Newnham-on-Severn, Glos. The story of what happened in 1889 
was reported in Bell News (pp. 103 and 339) and Church Bells (7th 
June). It was Warners who recast the 4th of 6 which was cracked, 
added a treble and tenor, and installed a new iron frame and 
fittings. The other 5 of the existing 6 bells were retained at that 
time. However, everything was swept away five and a half years later, 
as already noted, when Mears crammed the present much heavier ring of 
8 into this rather slender tower.