[Bell Historians] Auckland

[Roderic Bickerton]

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On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, 09:42 Mike Chester, <mikechester at hotmail.com> wrote:

> That is one thing that I am asking for information about.  From the
> description is seems that they were at least hung in a ringing frame, as
> this was reused, but were there any ringing fittings?
>
> The alternative is a chime to a ring.  They are  not in that list either
>
> Mike
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>
>  Is s transfered ring correct, in there previous installation they were
> not a "ring".
>
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, 08:58 Mike Chester, <mikechester at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Being at home for however long this takes, I have been randomly trawling
> the internet and have come across a history of St Marthew's bells in
> Auckland, NZ.
>
> https://www.stmatthews.nz/bishop-selwyns-bells
>
> This states:
>
> "The eight bells were cast by John Warner & Sons Ltd at Spitalfields,
> London in 1862. They were cast for the 1862 International Exhibition,
> London.
>
>
>
> Funding for the bells was the work of Mrs Selwyn aided by Lady Lucy
> Herbert and her friends.
>
>
> They arrived in Auckland in 1863, aboard the good ship "Nimroud", and hung
> for many years in a wooden tower at Bishopcourt, Parnell. No. 4 bell was
> returned to London and recast by Warners in 1883.
>
>
>
> In 1906, the bells, in their original oak frame, were re-installed in the
> tower of St Matthew-in-the-City. "
>
>
> Does this make them a transferred ring?  They are not in the lists as such.
>
>
> Mike
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