INDEX
Reading edition
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.
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