Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | ring of bells, Great Urswick | |
| site name:- | St Mary and St Michael's Church | |
| locality:- | Great Urswick | |
| parish |
Urswick parish, once in
Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| ring of bells | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD26827418 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD27
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| 1Km square | SD2674 | |
 ring of bells, Great Urswick -- St Mary and St Michael's Church -- Great Urswick -- Urswick -- Cumbria / -- New ringing chamber. -- 31.7.2009 | ||
 ring of bells, Great Urswick -- St Mary and St Michael's Church -- Great Urswick -- Urswick -- Cumbria / -- Bellrope and sally. -- 31.7.2009 | ||
| source:- |
Dove 2009
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| diocese:- | Carlisle Diocese | |
| coordinates:- |
SD269742 | |
| coordinates:- |
54d 9.5m N 3d 7.3m W | |
| locality:- | Great Urswick | |
| photographs | ||
| ring of bells, Great Urswick -- St Mary and St Michael's Church -- Great Urswick -- Urswick -- Cumbria / -- Notice about the bells. -- 31.7.2009 | |
| photographs | ||
| ring of bells, Great Urswick -- St Mary and St Michael's Church -- Great Urswick -- Urswick -- Cumbria / -- Three of the bells, out of the tower; dated 1711 1420 1724, ie bells 2 and 3 and one presumably broken up. -- 31.7.2009 | |
| Dove data |
number of bells: 4
weight of tenor: 8 cwt 2 qtr 19 lb (971lbs) pitch of tenor: A (861Hz) scale:- A, B, C sharp, D First 4 notes; intervals TTS; A major.Bell1 cast by John Taylor and Co, 1907; 2 by Abraham Rudhall, 1711; 3 possibly by John Bery about 1460; 4 by John Taylor and Co, 1955. Dove 2009 | |
| Data courtesy of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers | ||
| notes |
The oldest bell of the four is the Harrington Bell;
inscribed:-
[MARIA / WILHELMUS DE HARYNGTON DOMINUS DE ALDINGHAM ET DOMINA MARGARETA UXOR EJUS] Sir William Harrington was a standard bearer at the Battle of Agincourt, he died 1458. The bell was a gift to Conishead Priory; it may have been purchased from there after the Dissolution, about 1536. :: St Mary and St Michael's Church Great Urswick, Cumbria::: leaflet available in church | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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