[Bell Historians] Alphington
David Bryant
davidbryant at ...
Tue Mar 29 09:05:11 BST 2005
>A Plaque in the tower quotes the bells as being 19cwt. They certainly go
>heavier than 16!!
Never believe plaques in towers! (unless they are official bellfoundry ones,
and even then they're not always right) 19 cwt is probably an estimate from
before they were weighed. If the bells were rehung by Taylor's, the measured
weight of 16 cwt wlll have come from there.
David
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