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Salisbury BellfoUUderS. Some testimony is borne to the repu- 

 tation of the Salisbury bellfounders of former days by the fact that two 

 of their bells are found in the Channel Islands. One is in the Parish 

 Church of Aldernej', bearing the inscription : — 



CLEMANT TOSEAE CAST MEE IN 1701 



This founder is well known as a Salisbury man, and amongst his works 

 is found the curfew bell at Winchester. 



The other bell is at the Church of St. Lawrence, in Jersey, and bears 

 the inscription : — 



+ CETE CLOCHE EST POVR LA PAEOISSE DE SAINT 

 LORANS A lARZE A° 1592 IW 



The lettering of this bell and the initials IW show it to be the work 

 of John Wallis, of Salisbury, who was plying his trade at the date of it. 

 He was a founder of no mean repute and received royal patronage, for 

 the fourth bell and the three biggest bells of a peal of eight in the bell 

 tower of Windsor Castle are of his workmanship. The tenor there 

 measures 52 inches in diameter, and must weigh about 25cwt. Some 

 evidence of the soundness of John Wallis's work is given by the fact that 

 this bell of his is the oldest in the island of Jersey. — A. D. Tyssen. 



Sontll Wilts ITOteS. Battlesbury. Probably this is a corruption 

 of Badelan-beorg. " Badela's-bury." In The Eynsham Cartulary, says 

 Mr. W. H. Stevenson (Oxford Historical Society's Publications), p. 25, 

 the name Badelan broc (Badela's brook) is perhaps preserved in Battle 

 bridge, near Ebrington (Glos.). The name Battlesbury, however, never 

 appears to have got into any early writing. 



