[Bell Historians] Ropley, Hampshire, Re: Fire.

alan Buswell aaj.buswell@gmail.com [bellhistorians] bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Wed Apr 15 08:21:51 BST 2015


Matthew,

Found it! The bell is not very noticable though. I'll make use of the
picture.

Thanks,
Alan.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Matthew Higby matthewhigby at aol.com
[bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> http://raisestpeters.uk/images/image-galleries/nggallery/pre-fire-galleries/old-images-of-st-peters-church
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>  About 2nd or 3rd photo in - when the tower was clad in white.
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>  Matthew
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> From: alan Buswell aaj.buswell at gmail.com [bellhistorians] <
> bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
> To: bellhistorians <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 10:25 am
> Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Ropley, Hampshire, Re: Fire.
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>    I'll have another look at 'Raised St Peter's' website for the pictures
> you mention, I might have missed them.
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>  Alan.
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>  On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Matthew Higby matthewhigby at aol.com
> [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>   Alan, I have the small Sanctus bell which is dated 1753. This used to
>> hang under the eaves, outside the tower and features on several photos on
>> the "Raise St Peters" website. It was found buried under much ash and other
>> stuff in the ringing room. It is undamaged. Matthew
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 13 Apr 2015, at 12:51, alan Buswell aaj.buswell at gmail.com
>> [bellhistorians] < bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>                Since most of the church records were destroyed in the
>> fire of 19th June 2014, I am trying to gather past history of the tower,
>> bells and ringers.
>>             In their Timeline from 'Ropley2000' there is an entry for
>> 1726 viz - 'Church clock installed at St Peters'. I can find no record of
>> this event, even after enquiring locally. There is not even mention of the
>> 1701 bells in this timeline.
>>             Colchester's *Church Bells of Hampshire *gives mention of a
>> 'Clock bell outside, 1755, Lester & Pack.' This date could be 1758, a badly
>> written figure.
>>             I am hoping that there may be someone who might be able to
>> add further information and possibley connect the two dates.
>>             Also, as a very long-shot, would any one know of a photograph
>> that I could use of a Miss Marianna Sophie Hagen, b.1852, d,1932. It was
>> she who paid outright for providing the new G&J bells in 1927.
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>>  Thank you all.
>>  Alan Buswell.
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