[Bell Historians] van Aerschodt bell for sale

[Chris Pickford]

Further to my earlier posting, I've now checked the e-bay advert (yes, 
the bell is dated 1880, and the photos don't show any special 
inscription) and also looked at the list of Van Aerschodt bells in the 
UK. As has been said, this bell is too big to be the Cattistock bell 
(probably destroyed in 1940 anyway), and there are no other obvious 
candidates from the list.

In 1879, though, Van Aershodt did supply three bells (weights converted 
from kg as 0-3-0, 1-0-3 and 2-1-14) for Hamilton, Greenbank, Scotland, 
followed by another of 6-0-4 in 1882. As the bell offered for sale is in 
Scotland, I just wonder if it might be one of these (as 1879 could be 
the order date, and not necessarily the date cast on the bell)

I have alerted the grandson of the last of the Van Aerschodts to all 
this. If he can add anything, I'll pass the information on

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