124 Ttlfi CHURCH BELLS OF DORSET. 



DEANERY OF PIMPERNE. 



(BLANDFORD PORTION.) 



No. 8. 



I. ASHMORE (S. Nicholas). 



One small bell of no antiquity and with no inscription. 



2. BLANDFORD FORUM (SS. Peter and Paul). 



Eight bells. Tenor Diam., 49111.; height, 36in. ; note E 

 flat; weight, iqjcwt. 



i. The children's bell. 

 2,3,4,5,6. (Blank.) 



7. This peal of bells was recast 1882 C. H. Fynes-Clinton 



Rector Robert Eyers, Frederick Davis Churchwardens 



8. J Taylor & C? Bell founders Loughborough Leicestershire 



This bell was recast at the expense of John lies Barnes 



and Philip Abraham Barnes Blandford 1882. 

 Our voice will tell when joy or grief betide. 

 Mourn with the mourner welcome home the Bride. 



" In this tower are eight bells, but, as there are large iron 

 hoops round the crown rims of all of them, it is impossible 

 to make out the inscriptions. From the appearance of some 

 of them it is probable that they were cast at Wells' foundry 

 at Aldbourn. The treble's crown and cannons have been 

 entirely broken away, and the tongue is fastened into the 

 stock. Some of these bells are said to have been brought 

 from Milton Abbas." J. J. RAVEN. 



Oct. 3rd, 1850. 



There was at that time a small bell for the quarter chimes 

 inscribed W. K. B. F. Anno 1727. Now Crotch's Cambridge 

 chimes are in use. 



3. CHETTLE (S. Mary). 



Three bells. Tenor Diam., 36in. ; height, 2Qin. ; note A; 

 weight, 8cwt. 



i, 2. 3* (26 A.) me 0*ntia 



3. *k (26 A.) (Founder's stamp.) 



