[Bell Historians] Dove's Guide of 1800 (was Peals on Six Bells)

[Peter Rivet]

As Sam says it would be really useful to have a version of Dove's Guide to
the whole country at the beginning of the 19th century.  Any base line is
arbitrary; I would be inclined to follow him and go for 1800 rather than
1837.  If we all contribute an area it should be possible to put one
together fairly easily.

Here is the 1800 list for NE England - it's appeared before in the booklet
on Bells of the Durham & Newcastle Dioceses, but I think it's worth
producing again.  A lot of the weights are speculative as Blair in his notes
for the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries didn't generally record them.
Perhaps somebody can provide more accurate ones based on old certificates
hanging in towers.

CO DURHAM

Bishop Auckland (South Church) At Andrew 5 (or possibly 6) ?10cwt, depends
if they were a minor 5 or a 6 before 1881.
Darlington, St Cuthbert 6, 14 1/2 cwt
Durham Cathedral 8, 30cwt
Durham St Nicholas 5, 10cwt
Durham St Oswald 5, 17cwt
Gateshead St Mary 8, 15cwt
Sedgefield St Mary 5, 13cwt
South Shields St Hilda 6, 9cwt
Staindrop, St Mary 6, 13 cwt
Stockton on Tees Parish Church 6, 8cwt

NORTHUMBERLAND

Berwick Town Hall 8 21cwt
Morpeth Watch Tower 6 10cwt
Hexham Abbey 8 21cwt
Newcastle All Saints 8 19cwt
Newcastle St Andrew 6 19cwt
Newcastle St John Bapt 6 12 1/2 cwt
Newcastle St Nicholas 8 16 1/2 cwt
Tynemouth (North Shields) Christ Church 6 16cwt

On my present home patch of Lancashire, I don't have anything like enough
information to hand to do the whole county at present, but here for a start
is the area around Lancaster:

Hornby, St Margaret 6, 10cwt
Lancaster Priory Church of St Mary 8, 24cwt
Melling, St Wilfrid 6, 10cwt

Peter Rivet




           
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