[Bell Historians] Canons Ashby

[Michael A Williams]

Thank you for the info.

The clock turret of the house was restored in 2012 according to the
inscription of the face but the bell, lip just visible, does not chime. It
appears that any mechanism that might have been in place has broken.

Michael

On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 18:30, c.j.pickford.t21--- via Bell-historians <
bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:

> Percy Amos used to describe it as  Bob Major tower - a decent tower in
> need of bells.
> C
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Canons Ashby
> From: Andrew Wilby
> To: "An email mailing list for ringers to discuss bell history and related
> topics."
> CC: Chris Pickford
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> I have to drive past this tower on my way to Lbro. I wish someone at the
> NT would have the inspiration to put bells in it. It is a very good looking
> tower and a quality ring of bells would do ringing in the area a power of
> good. Hurmph,!
> Andrew
>
> On Sat, 16 Jul 2022, 17:20 c.j.pickford.t21--- via Bell-historians, <
> bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Boring little 11" bell of 1850 on the tower roof. No old framework of any
> sort in the tower.
> The house bell (which I examined by cherrypicker for National Trust) is by
> Edward Hemins of bicester 1732. And there's a fine 1830s turret clock in
> the kitchen awaiting installation (or was). It came from St Peters Eaton
> Square.
> All from memory (dates might be a year or two adrift)
> Chris
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Bell Historians] Canons Ashby
> From: Michael A Williams
> To: bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk
> CC:
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> I’m staying at Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire this weekend. Does anybody
> know anything about the bell in the priory church adjacent to the house?
>
> Michael
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