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The Church Bells of Warwickshire; Their Founders, Inscriptions, Traditions and Uses

by Henry Timothy Tilley

2019-03-28 21:59:12

Bells have been used both for religious and other purposes for at least four thousand years, some of the earliest being recorded in China. The use of church bells swung full circle is peculiarly ‘English’; in other parts of the world, bells are g ... Read more
Bells have been used both for religious and other purposes for at least four thousand years, some of the earliest being recorded in China. The use of church bells swung full circle is peculiarly ‘English’; in other parts of the world, bells are generally rung by swinging in a small arc or fixed and struck with hammers. English ringing involves mathematical ‘changes’ as opposed to tunes and there are some 6,000 churches in the British Isles with sets of bells rung in this manner. It is ‘English’ in the sense of being Anglican since, with the exception of a few Catholic churches, other churches viewed the use of bells as idolatry. Less

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Henry Timothy Tilley was born in 1853, second son of John Round Tilley, a wealthy industrialist in the leather business based at Smethwick, and his wife Mary (née Round). He was educated at Worcester...

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