[Bell Historians] fundenhall and winterton

[Ken Webb]

Dove: There are 2 Wintertons with rings of 6 : I think the question is 
re Norfolk (which Dove link states last pealed in 1977) & the response 
is for Lincs.

K

On 11/02/2025 09:40, georgebellringer--- via Bell-historians wrote:
>
> Winterton were rehung & augmented in 1948 by Taylors in a 8 bell frame.
>
> The DBA may know more.
>
> G
>
> *From:*Bell-historians *On Behalf Of *oliver Lee via Bell-historians
> *Sent:* 10 February 2025 23:35
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> *Cc:* oliver Lee <oliverbellringer at outlook.com>
> *Subject:* [Bell Historians] fundenhall and winterton
>
> I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has rung on the 
> unringable six at winterton or the five at fundenhall (which where 
> rung from the crossing), my dove's from 1976 has the latter as being 
> ringable but by the time that the sixth edition was published in 1982 
> they are listed simply as a swing chime (although they don't appear as 
> unringable until the 1988 edition). Winterton however is something of 
> an enigma according to many sources the bells where condemned because 
> of frame defects but there is no mention of when this was or when 
> indeed they where last rung!, the NDACR report lists them as being 
> ringable in 1996 so I'm guessing this was in the late 1990s?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Oliver lee
>
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