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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… that in the nave; in the N. wall is a plain loop. Fittings Bell: one, by Thomas Purdue, of 1693. Coffin and Coffin-lid: …
A History of the County of Oxford
… maps, 1863, 1898. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 841; for the bell tower mentioned there, below, Church. Boro. Mun. 83/1, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house and endowments for schools, sermons, and a curfew bell. 24 Although until the mid 19th century the corporation …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the south aisle is probably also 13th-century. A bell tower mentioned in 1279 76 stood on the north side of … alderman, left £ 2 to the corporation to buy a new bell. 29 Bells were cast or repaired by Abraham More of … Wilcote to pay the parish clerk or sexton to ring a curfew bell at 8.00 p.m. to guide travellers; the bell was rung in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… specialist curers were recorded before the 19th century. A bell foundry was established in Woodstock in the 1620s by … Keene (d. 1654), perhaps in 1628 when he agreed to cast a bell in part payment for his freedom of the borough. 53 He …
A History of the County of Oxford
… over his ordination. 30 The last master, the Revd. James Bell, was appointed in 1880, and the school was probably … closed by 1901 when the Charity Commissioners sanctioned Bell's retirement and ordered the school's income to be accumulated; 31 Bell continued to run a private school in the house until c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wine and 'taste cakes' at New Year and other festivals and bell-ringing and bonfires on 5 November and days of national …
A History of the County of Oxford
… James Keene paid only 30 s. but agreed to cast a new bell. 81 From the later 17th century fees of 5 or more became … was appointed in the early 18th century to ring the curfew bell and scavenge in Park Street, 69 and a separate scavenger … and a small prison with an entrance porch; 94 a clock and bell probably surmounted the building. 95 In 16789 the town …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… including four 12th-century windows, probably from the bell-chamber of the former tower; they are each of two …