[Bell Historians] Another church for sale

[David Sloman]

The Peterborough Inventory describes them as 1) J.Briant 1810-28 inches, 2) 
H.Watts 11 1615-31 1/2 inches, 3) H.Watts 11 1619-35 inches in Bb, 7 1/2 
cwt, timber frame early 17th c, fittings 18/19th c

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bryant" <davidbryant at h...>
To: <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>; <3and4bell at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Another church for sale


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>> http://www.fineandcountry.com/property/NOL4689
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>>This one still has 3 bells in the tower. It featured on anther list a few
>>months ago. We considered having a whip round to buy it but decided it was
>>too expensive!
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> Dove gives
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> Clay Coton, Nhants, S Andrew, 3, 7½cwt in Bflat. Unringable.
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> Surely the bells should have been removed before the building was sold? As 
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> understand it, the usual policy is to remove all liturgical furnishing 
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> churches to be sold, so that they can be reused elsewhere, although
> obviously there are exceptions such as churches going to the CCT or to 
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> heritage bodies, when the fittings may be left in situ.
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> Does anyone know anything further about the bells in this church? All the
> agest's site gives are dates.
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> David
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