- Aldbourne, Wilts, foundry at, [112];
- bell at, [120].
- Alfred the Great introduces Curfew, [98].
- Angelus bell, [98].
- Bagleys (founders), [37].
- Bartlets (founders), [40].
- Belfries and bell-turrets, [6], [8], [62] ff.;
- condition and care of, [75], [139] ff.;
- and see [Campanile], [Tower].
- Bell, Derivation of word, [1].
- Bell-founders, [8], [21] ff.;
- monastic, [21];
- in London, [22], [24], [28], [40];
- of 14th century, [24] ff.;
- of 15th century, [28] ff., [106];
- Elizabethan, [33], [111];
- of 17th-18th centuries, [34] ff., [111];
- itinerant, [37];
- modern, [41], [44] ff., [150], [154], [155].
- Bell-founding, see [Casting].
- Bell-metal, Composition of, [10].
- Bells, Introduction into Church, [2];
- earliest use in England, [4], [8];
- early methods of ringing, [5];
- dedication of, [6], [117];
- earliest existing, [9];
- early dated, [9], [30], [32];
- methods of casting, [10] ff.;
- decoration of, [14], [28] ff., [49], [50], [52], [105] ff.;
- tuning of, [18]; foreign, [32];
- of exceptional size, [43] ff.;
- inscriptions on, [45], [48], [50], [55], [114] ff.;
- modern methods of hanging and ringing, [68], [75];
- ancient uses of, [81];
- modern uses of, [82] ff.;
- for Church services, [84] ff.;
- for festivals, [89];
- for death and funerals, [95];
- to mark time, [97];
- secular uses of, [101];
- proper treatment of, [139] ff.;
- cracking of, how to prevent, [148];
- preservation of, [154].
- “Belleyeteres,” [22], [24].
- Bergholt, East, Suffolk, Belfry at, [64].
- Beverley Minster bell, [49].
- Bird, John, (founder), [50].
- Blews (founder), [50], [155].
- Brailes, Bells at, [50], [130], [155].
- Brasyers, (founders), [30], [111].
- Bristol, foundry, [22], [28], [30], [36].
- Bunyan, John, [76].
- Bury St. Edmunds, foundry, [28], [30], [33], [34];
- chimes at, [58].
- Cambridge, Ringing at, [60], [61], [101];
- chimes at, [64].
- Campana, [2].
- Campanalogy, the science of bell-ringing, [2].
- Campaniles, [56], [61] ff.
- Canterbury, Bells at, [8], [43].
- Carillons, [57] ff.
- Carter, Joseph, of Reading, [151].
- Casting of bells, [12] ff.
- Caversfield, Oxon., Bell at, [9].
- Changes on bells, [72].
- Change-ringing, Introduction into England, [67];
- method of, [68] ff., [75].
- Chimes, [57] ff., [97].
- Chiming, [5], [70], [84];
- at funerals, [97].
- Chichester Cathedral bell-tower, [64];
- bell at, [125].
- Christmas, Bells at, [89].
- Chronograms, [136].
- Cliburys (founders), [37], [112].
- “Clocking” of bells, [150].
- Cocks, A. H., quoted, [146].
- Colchester, Foundry at, [33].
- Cope of bell-mould, [2], [13].
- Copgrave, Johannes de, (founder), [26].
- Cors (founders), [112].
- Corvehill, Sir W., (founder), [22].
- Coventry, Bell at, [100].
- Cracking of bells, [146], [148] ff.
- Crotch, Dr., [61].
- Croyland, Bells at, [4], [6].
- Culverden, William, (founder), [29].
- Curfew bell, [97] ff.
- Customs of bells, [81] ff.
- Danyell, John, (founder), [29].
- Darbie, Michael, (founder), [38].
- Dates on early bells, [9], [30], [32].
- David playing on bells, [6].
- Divine Service, Ringing for, [84].
- Ely Cathedral, Bells of, [26].
- Exeter Cathedral, Bells of, [8], [44].
- Farmer, Henry, (founder), [128].
- Festivals, Bells used at, [89], [92].
- Fire bell, [103].
- Founders, see [Bell-founders].
- Founding of bells, see [Casting].
- Foundries, [22] ff.
- Gleaning bell, [101].
- Gloucester foundry, [22], [25], [26], [38];
- bell of Cathedral, [45].
- Goring, Oxon., Bell at, [24], [120].
- Graye, Miles, (founder), [34].
- Hancox, Thomas, (founder), [112].
- Hodson, Christopher, (founder), [49].
- Idbury, Oxon., Bell at, [88].
- Incumbents, Duties of, [146].
- Inscriptions, how produced, [14];
- on great bells, [45], [48], [50], [55];
- mediaeval, [115] ff.;
- post-Reformation, [122] ff.;
- of 18th century, [130] ff.;
- modern, [114], [138], [154];
- of historical interest, [135];
- importance of preserving, [154].
- Jordan, Henry, (founder), [29], [106].
- King’s Lynn, Foundry at, [25].
- Leicester, Foundry at, [25], [28], [33];
- and see [Newcombes].
- Lettering on bells, [10], [109], [111].
- Lincoln Cathedral, Bell of, [46].
- Lincolnshire, Early dated bells in, [32].
- London (founders), [22], [24], [28], [40];
- early ringing in, [8], [74];
- bells in, [52] ff., [136].
- Loughborough foundry, [41];
- and see [Taylor].
- Ludlow, Bells rung at, [58], [100], [101].
- Lukis, Rev. W. C., quoted, [79], [139].
- Mearses (founders), [40], [48], [56].
- Mears and Stainbank (founders), [41], [52], [155].
- Milton quoted, [100].
- Monastic bell-founders, [21].
- Mot, Robert, (founder), [40], [111].
- Moulding of bells, [13].
- Newcombes (founders), [33], [46], [128].
- New Year’s Eve, Ringing on, [90].
- Norris, Tobie, (founder), [122], [127].
- Norton, Stephen, (founder), [25].
- Norwich, Foundry at, [28], [30];
- and see [Brasyers].
- Nottingham, Foundry at, [25], [28], [33], [34];
- and see [Oldfields].
- Oldfields (founders), [34], [46], [111], [112].
- Oxford, Bells and ringing at, [48], [97], [98], [101].
- Pancake bell, [93].
- Passing bell, [95].
- Phelps, Richard, (founder), [40], [53].
- Prayer Book, Mention of bells in, [82].
- Purdues (founders), [36], [45], [124].
- Raven, Dr., quoted, [53], [57].
- Reading, Foundry at, [28], [33], [34];
- see also, [151].
- Reformation, Effect of, on bell-founding, [32], [109], [121], [122], [124].
- Ringers, Guilds and Societies of, [67], [74];
- clerical, [68];
- behaviour of, [75], [79];
- rules for, [78].
- Ringing, Methods of, [5], [43];
- early mention of, [5], [8];
- modern, [67];
- and see [Change-ringing].
- “Rings of bells,” [4], [5].
- Rudhalls (founders), [38], [134].
- Rylstone, Yorks., Bells of, [124].
- Sacring bell, [88].
- Salisbury, Foundry at, [28], [36].
- Sanctus bell, [86].
- Sermon bell, [85].
- Signa, [43] ff.
- Stedman, Fabian, [72], [74].
- Sundays, Ringing on, [84] ff.
- Taylor & Co. (founders), [41], [44], [49], [50], [52], [53], [55], [114], [155].
- Tellers, [96].
- Tennyson, quoted, [89].
- Tong, Shropshire, Great bell of, [49], [104];
- ringing at, [68];
- ringers rules at, [78].
- Tonne, John, (founder), [108];
- Stephen, [34].
- Towers, detached, [64];
- and see [Belfries].
- Towthorpe, Friar William, [21].
- Trade-marks, [28] ff., [106] ff.
- Tunnoc, Richard, (founder), [16], [26].
- Uses of bells, [81] ff.
- Waltham Abbey, Bells at, [25], [90].
- Warwick, Ringing at, [58], [103].
- Westminster, Bells of, [52], [56].
- William the Conqueror, [98].
- Worcester, Bells of Cathedral, [9], [25], [50], [136];
- foundry at, [30];
- carillon at, [60];
- campanile at, [62];
- bells of S. Helen’s, [136].
- Wordsworth quoted, [124].
- Wymbishes (founders), [24].
- York, Bell-founder’s window at, [16], [26];
- mortar at, [21];
- foundry at, [22], [25], [26], [37];
- Great bell of minster, [46].
A. R. MOWBRAY AND CO. LTD., PRINTERS, OXFORD
Transcriber’s Notes
The cover image has been repaired.
All inconsistencies were left unchanged, like:
- Bellfounder -- Bell-founder
- framework -- frame-work
- recast -- re-cast
- recasting -- re-casting
The following changes have been made:
- p. 6 “pourtrays” replaced by “portrays”.
- p. 159 “,” removed.
- p. 159 “,” replaced by “.”.