[Bell Historians] St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey

[MATTHEW HIGBY]

I was there a few weeks back. I’m due to go back in a few weeks to do some maintenance and fit some new ropes. One of those sponge places that oozes with history!
M
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> On Jan 23, 2024, at 5:02 PM, bill at hibberts.co.uk wrote:
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> I visited this tower yesterday for an inspection. The heaviest bell of the chime of three is by Phelps, 1721, and was presumably part of the peal on which the 10,080 of Plain Bob Major was rung in 1728.
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> In Bell News, vol 2 p 159 in a list of early long lengths, J W Snowdon gives the tenor weight as 14 cwt. In J A Trollope’s history of the College Youths he says ‘the bells were a light ring which were broken up in 1829’. I estimate the weight of the surviving bell at around 8 ¼ cwt, i.e. it was probably the 6th or 7th of the peal.
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> Does anyone know of the source of Snowdon’s tenor weight of 14 cwt?
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> Regards,
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> Bill H
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