[Bell Historians] Re: Preston 1934

[jimhedgcock]

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These details are exactly the ones that I have in my files. The 
missing detail about the recast bell must have eluded Andrew too, but 
not CJP!!!!!!!!!

In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Andrew Bull <a.bull at s...> wrote:
> I have the following details in my files, which would appear to be 
from
> after the retuning:
>  
> Treble 28" 5.1.26
> 2nd 30" 6.0.20
> 3rd 32" 6.3.21
> 4th 33" 6.0. 6
> 5th 35" 7.2.17
> 6th 37½" 9.0.21
> 7th 41" 11.1.26
> 8th 43" 13.1. 5
> 9th 47½" 17.0. 0
> Tenor 52¾" 24.0.18
>  
> I do not have details of the bell subsequently recast by Whitechapel
>  
> Andrew Bull
>  
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Cawley [mailto:dave at d...]
> Sent: 10 July 2003 11:05
> To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Re: Preston 1934
>  
> Francis Cheetham The Church Bells of Lancashire, Trans. Lancashire &
> Cheshire Ant. Soc, Vol XXXVIII (1920): Manchester, 1922, pp 87-94 
gives an
> account of the eight bells at St John's which he visited in the 
period
> 1917-1920. They were then a complete ring of eight by Thomas Mears 
I 1814;
> inter alia celebrating the 4th June (2nd) FOUNDATION STONE OF THIS 
STEEPLE
> LAID (3rd) 54TH GEORGE 3D THE KING'S BIRTH DAY (4th) ACCOUNT 
RECEIVED OF THE
> TREATY OF PEACE. At the time they all still retained their canons 
and hung
> in a wooden frame, of which a plan is given. The whole church, 
including the
> tower (again) was rebuilt 1853-5.
>  
> The weights & diameters at the time were: 
> Treble 32" 7-0-4
> 2nd 33" 7-0-14
> 3rd 35" 8-0-14
> 4th 38" 9-2-9
> 5th 41" 12-0-7
> 6th 43" 13-1-23
> 7th 48" 18-0-7
> Tenor 54" 25-1-14 D
>  
> Presumably canons removed and tuned to 24-0-18 when the trebles 
were added.
>  
> Before the above ring of 8, there was a ring of eight, tenot 20-cwt 
by
> Rudhall, 1711-12, which it was decided to recast - but probably not 
done -
> 1762; prior to 1711 a ring of five.
>  
> It will be noted that the ring was cast long before the Battle of 
Waterloo;
> and was first rung for Christmass 1815.
>  
> Finally, An Atlas of Bells (Ron Johnston) contains the magic phrase 
you've
> all been waiting for (p. 147): "The other rings of ten were 
provided.....IN
> 1934 at Preston...."
>  
> DLC
>  
> 
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