[Bell Historians] Bell sleuthing - Birdsall

John Paul Adams jpa1260 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 7 19:17:27 GMT 2021


It looks like the NBR entry for York, Holy Trinity, Micklegate?
Cheers,
John.

On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 18:46, Dickon Love <dickon at lovesguide.com> wrote:

> I’m doing various reconciliations between various data sources to
> construct the recently announced Dove Bell Register.
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> The Church Heritage Record has 2 bells recorded as follows for BIRDSALL,
> Diocese of York that I don’t believe are there. Details are:
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> Birdsall: St Mary
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> ChurchCode: 643024
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> Ref: RMC 5/67 JA 3/2017
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> Bell 1. 20.5", c.1760Hz, cast 1731 by Samuel II Smith
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> Bell 2. 29.5". 1110Hz, no cast date, John Potter of York, “Listed for
> preservation”
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> This is at odds with GAD's NBR and (behind the scenes) Dove which states
> that St Mary's, Birdsall has 3 bells dated 1824 by Thomas Mears II. A
> general web search sides with the notion of 3 more modern bells.
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> So does anyone recognise where these Sam Smith and John Potter bells might
> actually be?
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> TIA,
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> DrL
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