[Bell Historians] 3 levels...

[R.Johnston at b...]

Dear all

Apart from the material in Walters 'Church Bells of Wiltshire' and the 
items he references, does anybody know of material on Salisbury 
Cathedral's capamnile and its demise?

RON



Quoting Neil Skelton <neil.tcct at v...>:

> Matthew
>
> Two of the three Warner (1882) bells at Upton Scudmore, Wilts, sold
> during > the 1950s. Only the tenor remaining and hung dead for 
chiming and by
> the cl> ock - by Whitechapel. 
>
> LANDFORD, Wilts: originally a three in three tiers - c.1858 when
> church was> built. Don't know who cast them Warner or Mears?) but I 
recall the
> plain b> earings remaining in situ. Evidently they didn't last long 
as they
> were rep> laced by six Harrington Latham tubes.
>
> Neil.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: matthewhigby at a... 
> To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:20 AM
> Subject: [Bell Historians] 3 levels...
>
>
> In a message dated 27/02/2004 00:31:43 GMT Standard Time,
> mike at mikecheste> r.demon.co.uk writes:
>
>
> When was the last 3 tier frame 
> constructed??????!
>
>
>
> Grace Dieu I would imagine. Another candidate must be Wilton
> (Taunton). I> know the 2 tier frame at the Forset Guernsey was 
augmented with
> another ti> er (and a very good little 6 they are too!). I am pretty 
sure the
> frame at > St Ewe was (re)constructed recently too.
>
> I suppose you could argue that St Ewe is the only real 3 tier
> bellframe o> ut of these - the others being 3 tier installations - 
i.e. separate
> frames > mounted one above the other.
>
> Are the 3 at Upton Scudamore, Wilts really on 3 levels??
>
> There could be another quite soon - watch this space........
>
> Matthew
>
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Ron Johnston
School of Geographical Sciences
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1SS

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