ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS 223 



Weighing about 1| cwt., tone B. natural, this bell was 

 probably cast at Mechlin, an early example of the 

 Waghevens work. Tradition says it formerly hung in the 

 pele-tower at Old Bewick, three and a half miles distant, 

 and it may have belonged to the lovely little Norman 

 chapel there. In 1860, when the apse of this chapel 

 was excavated, two small bells were discovered : I. — 

 Diameter 4| inches, 2 inches in height. II. — Diameter 

 4^ inches. These bells, happily, still remain, in situ, 

 chained for preservation to the sill of the vestry window. 

 At Felton Church near Alnwick, dedicated to St. Michael, 

 there is another interesting bell, in diameter 21 inches 

 and inscribed : 



4» AVE I MARIA \ GRACIA | PLENA. 



Although cracked, this bell is still in regular use. 



The ancient bells at St. Peter's, Bywell, are still in 

 good preservation. One bears the appropriate legend : 

 + TU - ES - PETRUS, followed by the letters of the alphabet. 

 The other is inscribed : 



+ UTSURGANTGENTESVOCORHORNETCITOJACENTES 



usually rendered — " I am called Horn, and I summon the 

 sleeping people to rise." 



At Ovingham, cradle and tomb of the Bewicks, one is 

 glad to find the history of its bells recorded in the 

 Church porch. 



I. — Diameter 2 feet 4| inches, height 1 foot 9 inches, 

 bears the inscription : 



O SANCTA I KATERINA + THOMAS ' FECI ' CAMPANA. 



Probably a 14th century bell from a York foundry. 



II. — Diameter 2 feet 8 inches, height 2 feet 2 inches, 

 and the inscription : 



+ IHC + CAMPANA ] SANCTI j ANDREE \ ET OMNIUM [ 

 SANCTORUM. 



A Mediaeval 14th century bell at the latest, possibly by 

 Richard Tunnoe of York (1320-30). 



