54 THE CHURCH BELLS OF DORSET. 



8. Lord may this bell for ever be a tuneful voice o'er land & 

 sea to call Thy people unto Thee T. M. Bell-Salter 

 curate I. G. Rowe R. W. Reynolds Churchwardens 1891 

 on all the bells. Taylor & C? Bell Founders Lough- 

 borough. 

 Old inscriptions 



Treble. Give thankes to God T. W. 1614 

 2nd. John Tozier fecit 1723 

 3rd. Anno domini 1617 G P. 



Before 1891 there were only three bells in the tower, of which the tenor 

 was badly cracked. 



No. 5 now bears the inscription of old No. 1, with the additional dates of 

 the old 2nd and 3rd. A record exists that three bells were blessed here by 

 Bishop Beauchamp in 1455. 



DEANERY OF SHAFTESBURY. 



(SHAFTESBURY PORTION.) 



No. 10. 



I. BOURTON. 



One bell. Diam., 24in. ; height, ijm. ; note C. ; weight, 

 3cwt. 



James Wells Aldbourn Wilts fecit 1813 



To be increased to a peal of six when the newly-built tower has become 

 firm. 



2. BUCKHORN WESTON (S. John Baptist). 



Six bells. Tenor Diam., 38in.; height, 27jin. ; note G; 

 weight, io|cwt. 



1. Cast by John Warner and Sons London, 1886 



2. The gift fo Henery Devenish Lord of the manor W K. 



B F. 17x7. 



