[Bell Historians] hemispherical bells for sale on ebay

[Ted Steele]

On 07/12/2011 23:18, Dickon Love wrote:
>
> "Anybody know anything about these?
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mears-Stainbank-1873-5-Reclaimed-Church-Bells-Rare
> -/190608461624?pt=UK_Antiques_Other_RL&hash=item2c61264f38"
>
> A quick trawl through CJP's M25 work reveals 13 gongs by M&S 1873 going to
> High Beach (Holy Innocents), Essex. David Sloman reported them still there
> in 2001 though. I don't know whether that counts as South of England.
>

I had a ring on the High Beech bells some years ago, using the Ellacombe 
like apparatus; I think that was in 1990. On just checking I see Dove 
gave them as hemispherical, 4 cwt. The total weight given on ebay of 360 
kg is around 7cwt, but apparently for just five bells. High Beech is 
certainly South of England as far as I would understand the term.

Ted
           
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