Fw: Re: Oldest Change Ringing bell

[David Bryant]

> Message date : Mar 16 2004, 12:42 PM
> From : "Richard Offen" 
> To : "djb122uk" 
> Copy to : 
> Subject : Re: Oldest Change Ringing bell
> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "djb122uk" wrote:
> > DLC
> > 
> > > So, what advances on Canterbury, St Dunstan, 5th of six, c1325, 
> > William le Belyetere of Canterbury ?
> > > 
> > > Come on, boys and girls, someone can do better than that can't 
> > they ? 
> > 
> > Surely it isn't possible to get a definitive answer to this, as the 
> > dating of virtually all bells of this date is only approximate. We 
> > have one in York of c.1350 (2nd at the former St John), and a dated 
> > exanple (tenor) in the same ring of 1408. Is this the earliest 
> dated 
> > bell still in a ring?
> > 
> > David
> 
> You can usually get a pretty good idea of date of a bell from the 
> profile. Both DLC and I have rung on one which, quite clearly from 
> its shape, is at least 40 or 50 years older than St Dunstan's fifth, 
> but that one is now hung for chiming so doesn't count!
> 
> R
> 
> 
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