[Bell Historians] Mears and Stainbank Re: Bell history

[Carl S Zimmerman]

But it could not have been part of the 9-bell chime installed in the Highmoor Bell Tower in the same year, because those bells were made by Van Aerschodt of Belgium, and they weren't scrapped until 1920.  Where else in Highmoor might this little bell have been hung?

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    On Monday, February 3, 2020, 11:08:47 AM CST, Mike Chester <mikechester at hotmail.com> wrote:  
 
 http://www.carlisleshistory.co.uk/page42.htm
Says it was cast for Highmoor House, 1884.
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Subject: [Bell Historians] Mears and Stainbank Re: Bell history Ron,
You may already be aware of this. Mears and Stainbank was a former company/trading name for the Whitechapel Bell Foundry ("WBF"), see http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/Past.htm and other pages on the website. 
When WBF closed the foundry in Whitechapel three years ago, they stated (see "Our records" at, http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/news.htm )that their archive was being transferred to the London Metropolitan Archives. If you are interested, you can search the LMA collections catalogue at,  https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll?logon&application=UNION_VIEW&language=144&file=[WWW_LMA]home.html
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Subject: [Bell Historians] Bell history Could anyone discover the history of this bell, please? It was hung outside St Aiden’s Church in Carlisle in 1901. The only inscription (no date) is ‘Mears and Stainbank’. It is 46¾ inches in diameter and sounds the note Eb (633.5 Hz - 31 cents sharp). Weight about 16 cwt. It may have been cast originally for Highmoor House in Wigton, Cumbria.Ron East
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