Glasbury man made Clyro bells

Lewis, Colin A

Title: Glasbury man made Clyro bells
Creator: Lewis, Colin A
Date: 2003
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6182
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012377
Description: [From Introduction] There must have been great excitement in Clyro in 1708. The existing four bells in St Michael's Church were recast by Henry Williams, the bell founder from Glasbury, into a ring of five bells. The work was apparently paid for by the owners of two of the great houses in the parish: Cabalva and Lloyney. Little is known of the four bells that existed in Clyro before Williams began his work, although they appear to have been larger than the five bells cast from their metal. The four bells swung side by side in a wooden frame in the tower of the church. This frame was altered in 1708 to accommodate bells of smaller dimensions and a fifth bell pit was added at right angles to the others.
Description: Colin Lewis was Professor of Geography at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa from 1989 until his retirement at the end of 2007. In 1990, with the strong support of the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Dr Derek Henderson, he instigated the Certificate in Change Ringing (Church Bell Ringing) in the Rhodes University Department of Music and Musicology - the first such course to be offered in Africa. Since that date he has lectured in the basic theory, and taught the practice of change ringing. He is the Ringing Master of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Format: 2 pages, pdf
Publisher: The Messenger
Language: English
Relation: Lewis, C.A. (2003) Glasbury man made Clyro bells. The Messenger: Wye Valley Parishes, Glasbury-on-Wye, Powys, Wales (Feb/March). (Unpublished)
Rights: Lewis, Colin A

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