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  St Michael, Isel
St Michael, Isel: notes about bells
locality type:-   coronation, 1953

photograph
BSL07.jpg  Bells.
(taken 4.4.2010)  
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BNR70.jpg  Bells.
(taken 25.5.2007)  
hearsay:-  
 The present bells were cast from new metal by Taylors of Loughborough, in coronation year, 1953. Inscribed:-
"[Ex Dono Isel Ann Coron. Eliz II. 1953]"
The old bells, dating from about 1375, continued in use to 1953, although one was broken and one cracked. The churchwardens reported, 1706:-
"it was reported by the Churchwardens that one of the bells in the church is broken"
The old bells were stolen, 1982.
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