[Bell Historians] Bradford St John

[David Cawley]

St John, Little Horton, Bradford

Interesting to read all this. 

The 8 + 1 bells were received by Taylors in April 1966 when this rather impressive church was being demolished. The tenor was 3' 7.75" diameter, weight 15-0-20 in F#. The treble & 3rd were kept as metal for Bradford Cathedral trebles.

It appears from inspection notes by J P Fidler in 1947 that the bells had fallen into poor condition from neglect. He in fact did not notice that the 5# was by Mears 1840, and hung above the 8 installed by Barwell (? cast by Barwell and installed by Shaw) in 1873. The 5# appears to have had much to do with the remainder as its rope was drawn so that it fell in the circle and next to that of the 5th, for which it would be the substitute if ringing was to take place on the 'light six'. It hung on transverse beams above the 8 and was quite possibly the bell supplied when the church was built.

A number of interesting bells lost in Bradford at about this time - the Shaw ring of 8 at St James, Bolton, by Shaw 1878 scrapped by Whitechapel in 1969 and also Shaw's chime of 8 at St Barnabas, Heaton (+ a ringing bell by Mears 1864, the same note as the treble of the chime), recast in 1966 by Taylor.

DLC

 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andrew Aspland 
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  Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 12:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Bradford St John


    

  We are all going to be told off for top posting!
  Thank you for the information – it seems that the “flat 4th” which should be a “sharp 5th” may not have had much to do with the peal of eight and the rope may not have come down in any sort of useful place.  I don’t think it was a purposeful attempt to create a middle six.
  Yours
  Andrew 


             
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