From Essex to New Hampshire.

[Ted Steele]

I was browsing on the photographic website, "flickr" and came across 
these pictures which may be of interest. I expect the bells to be well 
known amongst historians but I was surprised to find that East Bergholt 
is not the only church with a wooden bell cage in the churchyard. 
Admittedly the one at Wrabness, Essex contains only one bell but it 
makes me wonder whether there may be still further examples of such 
cages. Does anyone on the list know? There is a link to a picture of the 
East Bergholt cage for comparison which shows clearly that the cages 
have rather little in common and are of very different ages. However 
there is only about ten miles between the two villages. Is there perhaps 
a local tradition of such cages?

The bell in Keene, NH seems to have hung for some years in the Baptist 
church but it is unclear whether it is still in use somewhere else now. 
It was the reference to its being cast by Paul revere of Boston that 
drew me to this, as he has been mentioned recently on the list.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/keenepubliclibrary/2590389228/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/hornbeam/1424108950/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/hornbeam/1424117972/in/photostream/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dws/7506769/>

Browsing for "bells, churches" brings up a huge number of pictures of 
which I have checked just a few pages.

Ted