[Bell Historians] Re: Latin Translation

[Susan & Christopher Dalton]

>> I've just purchased a history of 
>> the Village of Bradford Abbas, also in Dorset, where a layman
>> attributed bells to W & C Powell of Cullompton, and Mears & Stainbrook.
>
> [Yes - I've got a copy of that book too and nearly binned it. But it is
> notable how many writers can't get their minds round the name Stainbank -
> which is, after all, a bit unusual.
>
> I still think 'arsedeacon', which John Scott found in some Devon
> churchwardens' accounts, takes a bit of beating.
>
> C D]