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 St Lawrence, Appleby |
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| St Lawrence, Appleby: bell ringing | ||
| locality type:- | ring of bells | |
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 BQR49.jpg Bell ropes. (taken 1.6.2009)  BRF03.jpg Place mats for the ringers. (taken 3.8.2009) |
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 BRF04.jpg Bells Up! warning notice. (taken 3.8.2009) |
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 BRE93.jpg Two old bells. (taken 3.8.2009)  BRE94.jpg Inscription on one of the two unused old bells. (taken 3.8.2009) |
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| notes:- |
Other notices include:- |
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| Information about the bells with their weights and notes when cast in 1833 at the
Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London. |
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| Information about the bells with their weights and notes when tuned and rehung in
1989 by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London. Also Belfry Maintenance instructions. |
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| Record of a quarter peal of Plain Bob Minor, rung by the Carlisle Guild for deliverance
from foot and mouth, 2002. |
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| Certificate for Millenium Project -Ring In 2000- on 1st January 2000. |
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| Dove data:- |
scale:- |
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| A flat, B flat, C, D flat, E flat, F |
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| First 6 notes; intervals TTSTT; A flat major. |
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| Bells cast by Thomas Mears, 1833. |
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| There are two other bells: one cast in 1299; the other cast by William de Norwich,
1399. |
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| Dove 2009 www.dove.cccbr.org.uk |
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| notes:- |
The bells were rung when the Settle and Carlisle Railway sanctioned by Parliament,
1869. Local people fought to keep the line open in the 1980s, but sadly the bells
were not rung when the line was saved - because they were away for repair. |
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