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Z\)t BcUs of St. \Mti\ ©eri)g. 



By George Bailey. 



HESE bells were removed from the old tower when 



it was taken down for the purpose of re-building it, 



and also extending the church westward. This 



afforded an opportuntity for taking out the bells 



and sending them to Messrs. Taylor &; Co., of Loughborough, 



for needed repairs and tuning. 



It seemed desirable that a record of this event in the history 

 of the bells should be recorded in this Journal. The copies 

 of the inscriptions and dates here given, have been made from 

 rubbings, taken as the bells were being placed on the Midland 

 Co.'s dray for their journey to the foundry, on Nov. 30th, 

 1897. One of them appeared to have a hole in it near the 

 mouth, and all were more or less weathered on the haunches, 

 so rendering the legends and ornaments somewhat indistinct. 

 The inscriptions were as follows: — 



No. I. 

 •ijp JESVS BE OVR SPEED <j{p lOHN DAYE 

 rjjp T «jj(> H «)!(. 1636 



•Up god 



No. 2 

 SAVE 



1636 



OVR •v/^ KING 



