[Bell Historians] Kingstone St. Michael & All Angels Herefordshire

[Andrew Bull]

   Taylors’ records indicate that the back five bells, total weight 33-2-13,
were melted down on 23rd March 1995. The Barwell treble was scrapped on a
different date, its weight being recorded as 4-2-2. Chris Pickford found a
note at Taylors that gave the scrapping weights of the back five as 5-2-12,
6-0-6, 6-3-6, 7-2-10, 9-2-21; whether nett or gross was not stated, and
there is a discrepancy with the total weight given for the back five.
Diameters given as 28½”, 30”, 30½”, 32¼”, 35", 38".

   So it seems the old Kingstone bells were just thrown into the “melting
pot”.

 

Andrew Bull

 

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From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of David Sloman
Sent: 24 July 2008 12:40
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Kingstone St. Michael & All Angels
Herefordshire

 

The old bells from Kingstone were due to go to Downs Barn, Milton Keynes.
Were these bells used as metal towards casting the Downs Barn Taylor ring or
do they still survive elsewhere. Would be grateful for any information

 

DS

           
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