Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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included in:-	St Mary and St Michael, Great Urswick
	St Mary and St Michael, Great Urswick: bell ringing
	BRE17.jpg  New ringing chamber. (taken 31.7.2009)   BRE20.jpg  Bellrope and sally. (taken 31.7.2009)
	BRE18.jpg  Notice about the bells. (taken 31.7.2009)
	BRE19.jpg  Three of the bells, out of the tower; dated 1711 1420 1724, ie bells 2 and 3 and one presumably broken up. (taken 31.7.2009)
Dove data:-	scale:-
	A, B, C sharp, D
	First 4 notes; intervals TTS; A major.
	Bell1 cast by John Taylor and Co, 1907; 2 by Abraham Rudhall, 1711; 3 possibly by John Bery about 1460; 4 by John Taylor and Co, 1955.
	Dove 2009 www.dove.cccbr.org.uk
notes:-	The oldest bell of the four is the Harrington Bell; inscribed:-
	"[MARIA / WILHELMUS DE HARYNGTON DOMINUS DE ALDINGHAM ET DOMINA MARGARETA UXOR EJUS]"
	Sir William Harrington was a standard bearer at the Battle of Agincourt, he died 1458. The bell was a gift to Conishead Priory; it may have been purchased from there after the Dissolution, about 1536.
	:: St Mary and St Michael's Church Great Urswick, Cumbria::: leaflet available in church

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