1 16 .THE CHURCH BELLS Otf DORSEt. 



The figure was made in 1613, as shown by the following entry 

 from the accounts : 



1613. "To one of Blandford for carving of the jack IDS." 



There is no date on the bells. Various customs are still 

 observed in connection with the bells, which are rung here three 

 times in the day. There is a morning bell rung according to 

 the season, from 6 a.m. in the summer, then at 6.30, and in the 

 winter at 7, also at 12 o'clock noon, and the curfew at 8 p.m. 



These bells may be a survival of the Angelus bell. Some 

 say they were rung in connection with the Grammar School 

 the morning bell to rise, 12 o'clock to have dinner, and 8 o'clock 

 to retire to rest. 



On Shrove Tuesday there is a bell rung at 1 1 o'clock, 

 commonly known as the " Pancake Bell." 



On Saints' days two bells are chimed at 8 a.m. 



Winterbourne Abbas. Tenor : Probably by John Sturdy, of 

 London, 1420-1440. Compare Nettlecombe, Somerset, and 

 Harlington, Beds. The crosses and lettering are his, but the 

 initials I. S. absent, though usually found on his bells. H. B. W. 



Winterborne Monkton. When the present Rector came to 

 Monkton, many years ago, the staging for the four bells 

 mentioned in the list of Church Goods taken in the reign of 

 Ed. VI. in 1552 still existed in the tower, but only one of these 

 bells remained. The old people reported that the other bells 

 had been sold and the proceeds used in the repair of the church. 



On examining the entries in the " Monkton Church Book," he 

 found that in 1802 $i 195. 4jd. had been spent (of which 

 12 8s. gd. was for a faculty), and in 1903 57 is. 2^d. total, 

 ^"89 os. yd., and in 1835-6 ^49 33. 4^d., almost the whole of 

 which was spent in the repair of the church, and in those years 

 only fifteen shillings a year was raised by] rate. There is no 

 record of how the money was obtained ; it certainly was not by 

 voluntary subscriptions. W. M. B. 



I believe this type to be by a Salisbury founder. The cross 

 occurs (in a square) on the 5th at South Newton, Wilts, also at 

 Wylye (3rd), with inscription in capitals. Winterborne Came 



