[Bell Historians] Cirencester

[Richard Offen richard.offen@iinet.net.au [bellhistorians]]

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> On 27 Jan 2017, at 11:49 am, Richard Smith richard at ex-parrot.com [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> 'Chris Pickford' c.j.pickford.t21 at btinternet.com [bellhistorians] wrote:
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> > I'm pleased to say that I now have details of the old tenor at Cirencester.
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> Many thanks for that Chris. I think we can safely say 
> Cirencester was lighter than GSM, which were probably a 
> little over 28 cwt as supplied and reduced to 27-0-10 (or 
> 27-0-13) when it was tuned in the 1950s and the canons 
> removed.
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> > The other "light twelve" for Richard to consider is 
> > St.Bride's Fleet Street - for which no exact weight is 
> > available, as far as I know. The Rudhall list shows it as 
> > 28 cwt.
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> I think we can conclude they were heavier than Cirencester. 
> Whether they were heaver than GSM is a moot point as 
> Cirencester pre-date GSM as a twelve, and probably never 
> knowable as GSM and St Brides were so close in weight.
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> Anyway, I now have a list of the lightest ring of twelve in 
> any given year:
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> 1681-1719	55	York
> 1719-1722	28	St Brides
> 1722-1819	25	Cirencester
> 1819-1932	15	Quex Park
> 1932-1974	12	Surfleet
> 1974-1990	11	Accrington
> 1990-2008	8	Grundisburgh
> 2008-2012	8	Bitterne Park
> 2012- 6	Loughborough Foundry
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> Perhaps of less interest is a corresponding list of the 
> heaviest twelve:
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> 1681-1765	55	York
> 1765-1878	51	Southwark
> 1878-1922	62	St Pauls
> 1922-1939	72	Exeter
> 1939- 82	Liverpool
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> RAS
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Why is Quex Park shown as 1819-1932? The bells remained as installed until 1951, when the four trebles were recast and the tenor remained the same weight until the canons were cut off in 1982.

R
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