Inscriptions

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Anne Willis" <zen16073 at ...> 
wrote:
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> When did the systematic collection of bell inscriptions start?  The 
19th
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> Anne
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The first 'county' book recording the details of bells was Sussex, 
published in 1864, however some of the eighteenth century 'county' 
historians, such as Brian Faussett in Kent, recod the details of some 
bell inscriptions, so clearly there was an interest in such things at 
that time.

R