[Bell Historians] Bell-historians Digest, Vol 44, Issue 1

Mon Sep 4 18:41:43 BST 2023

Thank you all so much for contributing to this thread.  I hope to get access to the bells in the coming weeks to photograph them and forward the photographs to you all.  I will follow up your leads also.

Cathy

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Bells by John Wallis in a reasonable geographical proximity to Newchurch include the two below, which suggest he was working on contracts in the general vicinity during that year and could well have worked for Newchurch:

Arreton: 5th of 6 = 1589
Portchester: 3rd of 3 = 1589.

There are some drawn examples of John Wallis’s lettering in Hampshire Church Bells (Colchester) – Page 44 – Plate 82.

Perhaps someone on the Island could take and share a photograph of the inscription on Arreton 5th which (according to Colchester) has the same “ANNO 1589” inscription as Newchurch 5th (albeit with the date characters in the correct order)??

Phil

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Attached are the dates off bells by RB and John Wallis:
1605: Robert Beconsall bell from Gatcombe, Isle of Wight (tenor)

1583: Chichester Cathedral

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Today's Topics:

   1. All Saints, Newchurch, Isle of Wight - seeking founder of
      bell cast in 1589 (Catherine and Jonathan Lewis)

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Dear All,

I am researching a bell in our tower that was dated 5189 and possibly is linked to a bell in another local church with the same date and similar lettering. I have a tracing of the letters for both bells and suggestions as to the founder but thought I would contact you as well as do some local research.  I do not have access to the towers to determine bell shape however I do have a photograph of the tracing courtesy of a handwritten journal by John Whitehead held by County Records office.

Regards

Cathy Lewis
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