[Bell Historians] St Asaph cathedral bells

[Chris Pickford]

Clouston's "Flintshire" gives the basics

>From my own delvings I can add that the weights and diameters of the two bells are 47" 19-0-22 (Taylor 1947) and 53.25" 25-1-6 (Mears 1848).

The Browne Willis papers include a letter dated 28 August 1758 saying "they are going to have a peal of six of eight Bells at St.Asaph Cathedral; at present they have but two, tho' there is a frame in the Tower for no less than eight". A later letter of 30 March 1759 says that proposals for a ring of eight had been sent, but he had "no interest from the Dean & Chapter of St.Asaph"

John Harris (papers at Devizes Museum) noted that in 1793 two bells were exchanged for one from Gloucester. The Rudhall catalogue of 1804 refers to one bell for St.Asaph Cathedral.

When Mears supplied the two new bells in 1848 (the smaller 17-3-14 and the larger, as noted above, 25-1-6), they took a bell of 26-2-6 in part exchange (presumably the Rudhall bell of 1793)

This doesn't answer David Kelly's question, but does show that there hasn't been a ring at St.Asaph since well before 1758.

CJP           
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