[Bell Historians] ] Origin of church towers

[John Harrison]

> The openings being positioned so that the exact moment that the body was
> lowered into the grave could be observed, and the bell silenced.

Mmm...  OK if they bury everybody in the same place, but one opening would
give a very limited view of the whole graveyard.  Maybe as it filled up
they kept cutting out more stonework?

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John Harrison
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