[Bell Historians] Bell's "Beer Mats"

[Ted Steele]

On checking, I see that the picture shows the bell without canons. Does 
that help?

I don't have access to Chris Dalton's book but an on-line source  
<http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/9/5/1/19511/19511.htm>  
gives the inscription. As given it differs from the picture by the 
omission of some initials below the main text. I guess that these may be 
churchwardens, clergy or donor's. Does this confirm that the picture is 
of the modern bell?

As an after thought I have put pictures of the English bells in the pics 
section at Yahoo.

All this for a few beer mats; but perhaps of some minor interest. I see 
that the source given above is also "Bell's"! It seems that they do 
cathedrals as well as whisky!

Ted

Chris Pickford wrote:
> As I recall, it's the present tenor at Wimborne - complete with cast iron 
> stock - not the old one. The present bell (see photo in Dalton p.779) has 
> the inscription of its 1629 predecessor in "near facsimile" on the waist
>
> CP