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In 1709, Richard Phelps cast a new bell, which was delivered to the
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The new ring of 10 bells was purchased for ÂŁ479.8s from
Richard Phelps. They were hung in a new anti-clockwise oak frame. A chiming machine was installed to play on all 10 bells at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock every day. The clock struck quarters on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th bells with the hour on the
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received its name from this event. The bell remained in a shed in the yard of St Paul's
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6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) in diameter, 6 feet 4.5 inches (1.943 m) , and with thickness at sound bow 5.25 inches (133 mm), and weighing 76 long hundredweight (8,500 lb; 3,900 kg). The larger part of the metal of which it is made came from
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Richard Phelps, ten years after the spire was built, and the trebles very soon after. These bells were scrapped in 1976.
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reached an agreement for a set of eight new bells and frames. Included in the deal was the exchange of the old bells. The agreement was later amended to include two more bells and frames.
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TO PRAYERS WE DO CALL ST MICHAEL’S PEOPLE ALL WE HONOUR TO THE KIND AND JOY TO BRIDES DO SING / TRIUMPHS WE LOUDLY TELL AND RING THE DEAD MANS KNELL
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1051:Ship's bell
1032:Jingle bell
998:Crotal bell
988:Church bell
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1466:Schilling
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1289:Tsar Bell
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1128:Blagovest
1046:Mini-ring
1003:Dead bell
978:Call bell
957:Bianzhong
950:Bell tree
914:Zvonnitsa
269:Southwark
164:grand ton
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1299:Kentucky
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1008:Doorbell
983:Cat bell
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