X586/10/1

Folder of notes on Bedfordshire bells, giving details of inscriptions and dates, sizes (weights and diameters and heights), frame plans, and details of fittings etc. Compiled by J.Michael Stephens, assisted by C.W.Izzard, J.B.Long, and S.J.Ivin, in about 1950. Notes on the bells of the following parishes: Bedford, St.Cuthbert; Bedford, St.John; Bedford, St.Mary; Bedford, St.Peter (incomplete); Biddenham; Bletsoe; Bolnhurst; Bromham; Cardington; Carlton; Cockayne Hatley; Colmworth; Dean (incomplete); Eversholt; Felmersham; Flitwick; Houghton Conquest; Kempston; Lidlington; Marston Moretaine; Millbrook; Milton Ernest; Oakely; Pavenham; Pertenhall; Podington; Potton; Renhold; Ravensden; Riseley; Stagsden; Steppingley; Swineshead; Thurleigh; Turvey; Wilden; Wilstead; Wootton (title only - no details); Wrestlingworth and Yelden Also contains draft notes on Millbrook and Lidlington, Renhaold, Ravensden, Wilden, Houghton Conquest, etc., with lists of the rings of ten, eight, six and five bells, noting condition and practice noghts etc.

n.d. (all c.1950)

From: 1950 To: 1950

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Stephens, J.Michael,
Izzard, C.W.,
Long, J.B.,
Ivin, S.J.

bells, plans, St. Cuthbert Bedford, St. Mary Bedford, St.Peter Bedford, St. John Bedford, BIDDENHAM, BLETSOE, BOLNHURST, BROMHAM, CARDINGTON, CARLTON, Cockayne Hatley, COLMWORTH, DEAN, EVERSHOLT, FELMERSHAM, FLITWICK, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, KEMPSTON, LIDLINGTON, MARSTON MORETAINE, MILLBROOK, MILTON ERNEST, OAKLEY, PAVENHAM, PERTENHALL, PODINGTON, POTTON, RENHOLD, RAVENSDEN, RISELEY, STAGSDEN, STEPPINGLEY, SWINESHEAD, THURLEIGH, TURVEY, WILDEN, Wilstead, WOOTTON, WRESTLINGWORTH, YELDEN