[Bell Historians] Lost ring: Eyke church

[Michael Royalton-Kisch]

what condition were they in? did you carry out a report?


>From: "Chris Pickford" <c.j.pickford.t21 at ...>
>Reply-To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
>To: <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Lost ring: Eyke church
>Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 20:53:05 -0000
>
>Looks like Eyke should be added to the ist of "lost rings". Raven quotes a 
>source (Hawes) giving inscriptions on five bells, and the present three are 
>nos 1-3 of the original five. The tower was shortened in the early 
>nineteenth century and the bells are effectively hung in the roof-space 
>over the crossing now. The two largest bells were probably removed at that 
>time.
>
>I visited with GWP in 2001 and found the bells in a three-bell frame 
>(parallel pits with three bells swinging N-S), evidently assembled in its 
>present form from the woodwork of an older frame. There are bearing indents 
>on the outside of the present north truss, but the frame has been 
>rearranged and two of the pits have been narrowed by the insertion of extra 
>heads. The present bells occupy the pits of the three largest bells 1 in 
>pit 5, 2 in pit 4 and 3 in pit 3, indicating that the two trebles of the 
>five were hung on the north side. The notes of the bells are those of the 
>front three of a five - C#, B, A# - and the tenor is 35" in diameter (say 8 
>cwt). The tenor of the five would have been 11 or 12 cwt in F sharp (though 
>the pit would accommodate a bell of up to 47" diameter)
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>CJP
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David & Mary Kelly
> To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 1:44 PM
> Subject: [Bell Historians] Lost ring: Eyke church
>
>
> David Hird recently reported on another chat list of his visit to All 
>Saints, Eyke, Suffolk. He reported that the church guide book said that the 
>three existing bells were once a ring of five bells until 1824 when two 
>bells were removed. Can anyone confirm that these were once a ring of five 
>and if so which bells were removed?
>
> David estimates the tenor to weigh approximately 6cwt.
>
> If the details are confirmed I will add Eyke to the "lost rings" list on 
>www.keltek.org
>
> Many thanks
> Dave
>
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