[Bell Historians] Old bell at Chaldon, Surrey

[Richard Smith]

Thanks.  (And also to those who replied off-list.)

Shame such an old bell should have gone missing.

Richard


On Sun 08/12/2024 22:31, c.j.pickford.t21--- via Bell-historians wrote:
> It was stolen and never recovered. George Elphick made a replica which 
> is (or was) displayed at the church.
> Cp
> 
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> Subject: [Bell Historians] Old bell at Chaldon, Surrey
> From: Richard Smith via Bell-historians
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> 
>         Does anyone know what became of the ancient bell at Chaldon,
>         Surrey?
>         Stahlschmidt says 'it may be certainly reckoned as not later in
>         date
>         than 1250, and from its archaic shape may well be much older',
>         and that
>         'it is undoubtedly the oldest bell in the county' (p.77).
> 
>         The VCH says 'It seems reasonable to conjecture that the bell
>         was made
>         for the small tower at the end of the north aisle, when this was
>         built
>         in about 1190' (vol.4, pp.188-194).  This volume of the VCH was
>         published in 1912, and says 'it has lately been removed from the
>         tower
>         to the interior of the porch, where it hangs over the internal
>         door'.
> 
>         However, it's not listed in Dove.  All that is listed is a 1902
>         Mears
>         chime of six.  It seems unlikely the ancient bell was destroyed
>         in 1902,
>         as ten years later the VCH notes it was recently moved, though
>         the VCH
>         doesn't mention the Mears bells, so perhaps the text was written
>         (or at
>         least researched) more than a decade earlier.  Could the bell still
>         there, somehow having escaped being recorded in Dove?
> 
>         RAS
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