[Bell Historians] Great John, Beverley

[jimhedgcock]

When the first bourdon was removed and later sold, were the 
inscriptions removed and new ones incised, or is it as it left 
Beverley? 


In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" <david at b...> wrote:
> > Page 108 talks about Beverley Minster and says about the Bourdon:
> >
> > "The reader will wonder when he reads that a bell of such a weight
> > as this Bourdon is raised and rung with ease. The hanging of it 
must
> > be truly magnificent."
> 
> It's hung fo slow swinging, on a deeply arched headstock.It has 
very early
> examples of roller bearings.
> 
> Originally, it was swung every Sunday, as stated in a pamphlet on 
the bells
> of the two Beverley churches written by Canon Nolloth, who had both 
rings
> installed. Somehow there is now a tradition that the bell is only 
swung on
> the death of royalty, which is a pity. I've not rung it myself, but 
I'm told
> that it needs a number of people to swing it to any height.
> 
> Earlier in the year I started a website on the bells of the York 
Diocese,
> which is rather embryonic at present, but does have a page on 
Beverley
> Minster, which includes a picture of Great John. The site is at
> http://www.bryantd.fsnet.co.uk/york_diocese/index.htm. Click on the 
East
> Riding Archdeaconry section, then on Beverley Minster.
> 
> David