North East Lincolnshire Council’s archivist has contacted me
because he wants to go up our church towers.
His e-mail gives me more details than I remember having before, and
solves a puzzle for me about the initials on the bell at Bradley which I once
photographed.
According to 'The Church Bells of Lincolnshire' from 1882,
Great Coates should have three bells all recast in 1807 from bells taken from
Beelsby by James Harrison of Middle Rasen who also made the bell frame (the
book says it is actually a rebuild of an earlier frame as it also carries an
inscription to the curate and churchwardens, 1739).
Bradley is best described by the book itself which says: "In 1553 there were here 'iii gret belles and one Sanctus bell.' The ancient cage for these three bells still remains, but sometime prior to 1833, two bells had disappeared: the remaining bell was cracked by three men endeavouring to imitate a peal upon it with three hammers on the occasion of the wedding of a farmer named Nicholson. It was then melted down and recast by a blacksmith of Waltham (a neighbouring village) named Samuel White, who placed upon it his own initials, and that of his dwelling place.”
Bradley is best described by the book itself which says: "In 1553 there were here 'iii gret belles and one Sanctus bell.' The ancient cage for these three bells still remains, but sometime prior to 1833, two bells had disappeared: the remaining bell was cracked by three men endeavouring to imitate a peal upon it with three hammers on the occasion of the wedding of a farmer named Nicholson. It was then melted down and recast by a blacksmith of Waltham (a neighbouring village) named Samuel White, who placed upon it his own initials, and that of his dwelling place.”
1 comment:
Aha...so that's where the other bells went to...interesting as always
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