[Bell Historians] Re: From Essex to New Hampshire.

[Sam Austin]

Yep, cast by John Warner.
I rang it up as high as possible but there was a tree growing through the
wheel.

Still there

Aye

Sam



On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:10 AM, manxringer <bells at INxEbHMkVUz2ZZrCOB3wEjJHKAVwXzqvrwvT67kttF9MQ5BLMI4WDmfD4D1ocPZvJZyBnGRxnjTnmWs.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

>   There use to be a bell hung for full circle ringing sitting in a H
> frame in the church yard of the Roman Catholic Church in Fox Street,
> Liverpool 3 (just off St Annes Street). I beleive that this bell
> was about 8cwt. I know it has been there in the past 10 years.
>
> Any Liverpool based member of this list know if this bell is still
> there?
>
> Ernie
> EV
>
> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com <bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Ted Steele <ted.steele at ...>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> 
>
           
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