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Findon, St John the Baptist

Picture
Bell
Weight
Diameter
Nominal
Note
Founder
Cast
Canon
Hanging
1
3-3-9 cwt
26.50"
1345 Hz
F
Mears & Stainbank
1958
Flat
Full Circle
2
4-2-11 cwt
28.50"
1218 Hz
Eb
Mears & Stainbank
1958
Flat
Full Circle
3
5-0-20 cwt
29.63"
1081.5 Hz
Db
John Cole
c1576
Yes
Full Circle
4
5-1-25 cwt
31.50"
1012.5 Hz
C
Mears & Stainbank
1958
Flat
Full Circle
5
7-3-5 cwt
35.25"
904 Hz
Bb
John Tonne
c1530
Yes
Full Circle
6
9-2-14 cwt
38.50"
​808 Hz
Ab
Mears & Stainbank
1958
Flat
Full Circle
Sanctus
 
10.25"
 
G
 
c1280
Yes
Unhung

*The Frame*

About the Bells

6 Bells, 9-2-14 in Ab
 

​Inscriptions:

*Underlined text is inscriptions within the inscription band*
1
MEARS
19
◉ 58
LONDON
2
MEARS
19 ◉ 58
LONDON
3
J COL BELFVN DER MADE ME ※ 1576 𝖎𝖍𝖘​ II
4
◙ Ƨ 𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖈⌸𝖙𝖊 ⌸ ⛨ 𝖌𝖆𝖇𝖗𝖎⌸𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖘​
​MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1870
5
⍍ 𝖔 ⌹ 𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖊 ⌹ 𝖘𝖙𝖊 ⌹ 𝖕𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖊
♛
♰ OOOO
𝕵𝖔𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖊 𝖒𝖊 𝖋𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖙
6
THOMAS GILES MADE MEE TP 1617
RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK LONDON 1870

Latin Translation:
3: ihs - Jesus
​4: Sancte gabrielis - St Gabriel
5: o sante stephane Johannes tonne me fecit - O! St Stephen, John Tonne made me.
◉​ = Fig. LVI,d
​≍ = Fig. XLVIII,a
⛨​= Fig. XIII,e​
♰ = Fig. XVIII,a
♛= Fig. XIX,b
⍍= Fig. XIX,c
⌹= Fig. XIX,g
◙ = Fig. XXI,g
​⌸ = Fig. XXI,h
※ = Fig. XXIV,a
Fig. XLVIII,a
Fig. LVI,d

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