Church Bells

by H. B. Walters

• 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 “.”.