[Bell Historians] Re: William Eldridge

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Peter Whisker" <peter at w...> 
wrote:
> Chertsey Museum have an Eldridge bell hanging outside their front 
door!
> However, I don't think that it is even known for certain where the 
foundry
> was located in Chertsey, unless someone can put me right on this.
> 
> It does seem strange that we only have one Eldridge bell - all the 
others
> being London bells from Robert Mot onwards, and the 6th being a 
Wokingham
> casting of 1380.
> 
> Any details on the Eldridges would of course be of great interest 
to us.
> 
> Thanks
> Peter Whisker
> Chertsey
> 

Could he have been an itinerant with no fixed works?

George Elphick (Sussex Bells and Belfries) says he was a change 
ringer and elected to the College Youths in 1649. George also 
indicates that the foundry simply closed, with no hint of a takeover.

R