Hi Jeremy,
Appologies for taking so long to reply, here are the few responses I've had;
> Once good reference is 'Surrey Bells and London Bell-Founders; J C L
> Stahlschmidt; Elliot Stock, London, 1884'. It goes into a lot of detail of
> medieval bellfounders, in particular their wills, which are interesting
> and informative. Of course, some of Stahlschmidt's conclusions have been
> made invalid by later research.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Bill H
> There is a bit in Church Bells of England by H B Walters pub 1912 by
> Henry Frowde OUP
Andy.
>> are there any publications on London bellfounding before 1800 apart from
>> Morris, E. 'British bellfounders, with a chronological list of all known
>> names'. Hinrichsen's Musical Year Book, 6 (1950 for 1949-50), 294-307.
>> J Greenwood
>>
|