[Bell Historians] The Botley Youths

[Richard Smith richard@ex-parrot.com [bellhistorians]]

David Willis dcwillispiano at yahoo.com [bellhistorians] wrote:

> Bellboard quickly flagged this up and to get it accepted I 
> have said it's a lost ring whilst I ask questions.

I did wonder!

> There is a place in Hampshire called Botley Cross but it's not on Dove.

Is there?  I know of a place called Botley, on the River 
Hamble a few miles east of Southampton, which I know
somewhat as I had family there.  But the church, which is in 
the centre of the old village, is All Saints.  According to 
Kelly's Directory, 1898, it had three bells.  They were 
augmented to six in 2000.

The other nearby churches are St Peter, Curdridge; St 
Barnabus, Curbridge; and St John, Hedge End.  Historically 
they were in the parishes of Bishop's Waltham, Titchfield 
and Botley, respectively, and I've never heard that any were 
called Botley Cross in Victorian times.  None of these 
churches had a ring of eight (or more) bells in 1876.

There's a Botley on the edge of Oxford.  Could it be that 
place?

Richard


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Posted by: Richard Smith <richard at ex-parrot.com>
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