[Bell Historians] A bell founder called Abbot?

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Hi - I can not remember anyone asking about Abbot bells before.
 
John Abbot & Co. were a general foundry and heavy metal boys in  Gateshead.
 
Their first known bell was cast in 1833 and the last in 1883. 
 
Please , if you can, give me details of yours as so far it was unknown to  
me. This will make it the 21st recorded bell that I have.
 
Abbot supplied the steel to build Newcastle upon Tyne railway station and  
also cast the first post boxes. From memory the first ones went to the 
Channel  Islands an the first one on the mainland was at Carlisle - but there I 
could be  wrong about that.
 
They resided at High Street Gateshead and at the Park Works which extended  
over a huge area on the banks of the Tyne.
 
They went into liquidation I think  in 1909 by overextending  themselves in 
the work that they took on.
 
Howard Smith -Diocesan bell advisor and part historian on Northumbrian  
bells.
           
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