[Bell Historians] Early sets of Handbells

[Willbutler at a...]

The earliest set of handbells I've found is at the Mary Arden House and 
Country Museum. I examined the bells in the 1980s and found them to be a set of 
Cor bells, twelve in number, which had originally come from Shipton-on-Stour. I 
would date them from about 1690 to 1710. They were not all cast at the same 
time as they were by different members of the family. I'm afraid I cannot be 
more specific as I'm unable to lay my hands on my records, but "Musical 
Handbells", pp 22 and 23 discusses them.

WB 
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