[Bell Historians] Unpealed rings of 8 - Cawston [1 Attachment]

[Alan Ellis]

Hello Paul,

Many thanks for the info on Cawston.   I've always known it to have been 
an unringable tower (NDA Annual Report 1955 onwards) but I have never 
known the details until now.

It is a large plain tower and I pass it often whilst in Norfolk, as it 
is on my way to my cousin's place in Themelthorpe - 1 bell!

Best wishes and a Merry Christmas to you all

Alan






Paul Cubitt wrote:
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> [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Paul Cubitt included below]
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>  From the village web site:
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> #Within the tower is a mediaeval bell frame and eight bells, Six of the 
> eight bells are dated from 1658 to 1753, one having been recast in 1887 
> to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. This, in spite of a great 
> effort after the First World War when two new bells were hung dead. The 
> other two were added in 1925 at a cost of £235.00, and were cast at the 
> Lough­borough Bell Foundry. The smallest bell weighs 5 cwt, the largest 
> 13 cwt, the bells no longer ring, but only chime.
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> Paul Cubitt
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