[Bell Historians] Bells of/for JW Benson (was: Mallaby...)

[David Sloman]

Probably not the closest to home but the chime of 5 at Christ Church 
Stanley, Falkland Islands are inscribed J.W.Benson, dated 1904 and allegedly 
cast by M & S.

DS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Walton" <je.walton at v...>
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Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:06 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Bells of/for JW Benson (was: Mallaby...)


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> Whilst the subject of the relationship between Mallaby and Warner is
> being discussed, this seems a reasonable time to raise a question I
> have been meaning to ask for a little while:
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> Who was responsible for casting bells on behalf of the clockmaker JW
> Benson, and are there any still in existence?
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> I have a copy of the 2002 Benson compilation by Mike Bundock and
> Chris McKay which includes a catalogue reproduced from c. 1922.
> Several illustrations show bells to be supplied with turret clocks,
> both 'ordinary' and 'hemispherical' shape, drawn with JW Benson Ltd
> or similar as the inscription.
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> John
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