[Bell Historians] Hanwell Oxon

[David Sloman]

The Briant bell(of Hertford) at Littlebury lists the Churchwardens and Vicar as N.Perry, T.Turner, Churchwardens, W.Gretton, Vicar.

The Church Bells of Oxfordshire records the 4th at Hanwell with the Churchwardens and Vicar as N.Percy, T.Turner, Churchwardens, W.Gretton, Vicar.

Perhaps the Littlebury bell was rejected by Hanwell because the churchwardens name was spelt wrong?

DS
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Graham Nabb 
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:37 PM
  Subject: [Bell Historians] Hanwell Oxon



  The recovery of George III from one of his periodic bouts of madness was marked by John Briant of Hereford. He used the inscription

  UNFEIGNED PRAISE TO HEAVENS AND ALMIGHTY KING
  FOR HEALTH RESTORED TO GEORGE THE THIRD WE SING

  At Hanwell (1789) St Ebbe Oxford and Littlebury Essex (1790)

  these bells are still there.

  At hanwell where the bells are currently out of the tower there is a local legend that there was a mix up with one of them and it was swapped with one destined for somewhere else. A common enough  local legend!!

  Does anyone know of any evidence to support that idea or have anything interesting to add to that tale or these inscriptions??




  Graham Nabb

  07974 743766

              
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