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 St Michael, Hawkshead
St Michael, Hawkshead: bell ringing
locality type:-   ring of bells

MN photo:-  
Rung by the Lancashire Association of Change Ringers.

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BSD83.jpg  Ringing chamber, bell ropes.
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD84.jpg  Peal board, the first peal on the bells, 1911
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD85.jpg  Peal board, Plain Bob Triples 1973 and 1974.
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD86.jpg  Peal board, 25200 changes of Grandsire Triples 1995.
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD87.jpg  Peal board, Plain Bob Triples 1988, and Grandsire Triples 1990.
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD88.jpg  Peal board, Grandsire Triples 1964.
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD89.jpg  Peal board, Bob Major 1958.
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD90.jpg  Peal board, Plain Bob 1949.
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD91.jpg  Hand bells
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BZI25.jpg (taken 20.9.2013)  

Dove data:-  
scale:-
G sharp, A sharp, B sharp, C sharp, D sharp, E sharp, Fx, G sharp
Complete octave; intervals TTSTTTS; G sharp major.
Bells 1-2 cast by John Taylor and Co, 1958; 3-6 and 8 by James Harrison, 1765; 7 perhaps by J Stevenson, 1810.

Dove 2009
www.dove.cccbr.org.uk


Handley, Diana: 1983: Notes on Furness Branch Bells::: inscriptions and history

notes:-  
Up to 1765 the church had a ring of 3 bells; they were replaced by a ring of 6 cast and hung by James Harrison, Barrow, Lincolnshire, 1765. Two old bells were taken in part payment, the other was sold to Samuel Irton, Irton Hall. Bell 5 was recast 1810. All bearings were renewed in 1876, and the bells quarter turned in 1911. The wooden bell frame was replaced by iron, and two bells added, 1958. A peal of Bob Major was rung to celebrate the new ring of 8.

Treble, foundry mark of John Taylor and Co; inscribed:-
"[Ad maiorem Dei gloriam atque in piam memoriam / Edwini Del Sandys - x - XIX Feb. MDCCCXCVII / Clarissae Marion Sandys - x - II Nov. MCMXLIII / Mervyni Keats sandys - x - XXII-XXIII Oct. MCMXIV / hanc campanam faciendam curavit / Georgius Owen sandys A.D. MCMLVIII.]"
Bell 2, foundry mark of John Taylor and Co; inscribed:-
"[Vivos voco mortuos plango / in Nomine Patris Filii et Spiritus Sancti / A.D. MCMLVIII.]"
Bell 3, which was the treble of the ring of 6, cast by James Harrison; inscribed:-
"Barrow J.H. 1765"
"[Awake, awake, day is restored, / Awake, arise, to praise the Lord, / Reguard, look to, the peal I lead.]"
Bell 4 cast by James Harrison; inscribed:-
"Barrow J.H. 1765"
"[We to the first must take good heed.]"
Bell 5 cast by James Harrison; inscribed:-
"Barrow J.H. 1765"
"[In the third place I take my swing.]"
Bell 6 cast by James Harrison; inscribed:-
"Barrow J.H. 1765"
"[I mind the third when we do ring.]"
Bell 7 cast by James Harrison; inscribed:-
"Barrow J.H. 1765"
"[In the fifth place I give my sound.]"
Tenor cast by James Harrison; inscribed:-
"Barrow J.H. 1765"
"[I close the peal, ring the bells round.]"

Thompson, T W: 1974 (4th edn): Hawkshead Church Chapelry and Parish: Hawkshead PCC:: leaflet available in church

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