[Bell Historians] Little Harrowden

[Jim]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Michael semken <mjsesq at ...> wrote:
>
> On 20/12/2012 09:18, David Sloman wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> > North records 4 bells at Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire 1,3 and 
> > tenor Hugh Watts 1624, the 2nd dated 1732.
> > Apparently there is only one bell remaining(treble?), the 3rd is 
> > at Renhold? Does anybody know whether either of the other bells 
> > survives and who the founder of the second bell is please?
> > DS
> >
> > 
> David, I have done a little digging in the J T records and come up with :-
> 
> The 2nd is/was 2' 5½" probably by Thomas Eayre of Kettering - Date 
> confirmed as 1732.
> 
> The bells were lowered  between 8th & 13th September 1967 by local 
> builders (C. Adams and Sons) with assistance from our Mr John P 
> Fiddler.  At this point they were stored in the church.
> 
>  From other correspondence (March 1971) we know that Revd. G.H. Bradshaw 
> rector at Wittering expressed an interest in the  bells but was advised 
> that they were not very good and he should not pay for them if he were 
> to receive them.
> 
> In July 1978 there were two bells on the ground floor of the church and 
> the old treble of four hung in the recently built turret. At that time 
> it was noted that the old tenor "may well be going to Hardwick."
> 
> Hope this helps a little.
> 
> M Semken
>

There is indeed a 1624 bell at Hardwick, 35.75" 8-2-10 if the PDGCBR Inventory is correct. It also says that it and its companion were restored in 1979 by Taylors. The 15C William Dawe bell is listed as cracked.