The Church Bells of the County and City of Lincoln by Thomas North File 01 – Title Page, Pages i to xxii, Contents This document is provided for you by The Whiting Society of Ringers visit www.whitingsociety.org.uk for the full range of publications and articles about bells and change ringing THE CHURCH BELLS OF THE COUNTY AND CITY OF LINCOLN: THEIR FouNDERS, INscRIPTIONS, TRADITIONS, AND PECULIAR U_SES; WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHURCH ~ELLS IN LINCOLNSHIRE: CHIEFLY PROM ORIGINAL AND CoNTEMPORANEous REcoRDs. BY THOMAS NORTH, F.S.A., Hos. 1\JE~BE:R ASD Hos. SECRETARY OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL 'A!'O ARCH)£0LOGICAL SOCIETY. Ho~. MEMI'IER OF THE DERBYSHIRE ARcHn:o LoGrCAL SociETY, &c.-. &c. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. LEICESTER: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY SAMUEL CLARKE. 1882. TO THE RIGHT . '\D CHRISTOPHEH \\'OHDS\\ ORTH, D.D., F.~ .. \ LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN, LU!IIE. DESCRIPTIVE OF TJIE CHURCH BELLS 1:-\ 11Jl ~ LARGER PORTION OF HIS DIOCESE, IS, UY HIS LORDSHIP'S SPECIAL PEIUIISSIO~ . )lOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY H IS OBEDIE:"\T A~D FAITHFUL SERVANT, TH E AUTIIOR. 210 Copies printed, viz. - 200 Copies for Subscribers 10 Copies for Presentation. SUBSCRIBERS. HER MOST GRACIOUS AIAJESTY THE QUEEN. (For the Royal Library. Windsor Castle.) THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL I THE RIGHT REVEREND THE LORD BROWNLOW, Lord Lieutenant of BISHOP OF LINCOLN, D.D., F.S.A Lincolnshire. NATHANIEL CLAYTON, EsQ., High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, (r88r). H1s GRACE THE DUJ{E OF DEVONSHIRE, KG., Devonshire House, Piccadilly. THE RIGHT HoNOURABLE THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH, Drocklesby Park Ulceby. 1 THE VERY REVEREND THE LORD ALWYNE COMPTON~ '1.f0·• the Deanery ·worcester. Sir CHARLES H. J. A.-;oERSON, Bart ., Lea, Gainsborough. Sir JoH:o; DuG~ALE ASTLEY, Bart., Elsham Hall, Brigg. Sir \VtU.IMI E. \VELBY-GREGORY, Bart.. M.P., Denton Hall, Grantham. Sir WILLIAM H. 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Canon, :\f...\., the llodgson, tho Rc,. 5 r::. :\1 .. \., Sca\\by Vicarage, Caistor, Lincolnshire. \ tc .. ra,ee llr•.-u; ~Iassingbcrd, theRe\'.\\', 0., :'11 .. \ .. Ormsby I ltxlJ:SU.. the Hn·. J. r· .. :\I.A.• \\"attoo-on· Rectory. Alford, Lincolnshire. \\'car \'IC::Irn;:c, lJ:~rlingtoo. I :\!cars, John, Esq., 47• Burgate, Canter­ llohlich, tlu: He,·. T. P .. 'LA, Ltowood bury, Kent. Htctory, :\l:lfhct 1\ascn. :\Iellor, John \V., Esq., l\1. P., 6S, S. George's Holmes, Ga\'aS. Es.r, :\1 .\, Rcdenhall Square, London, S.W. J!,.llfiJnn•lry llark,ton,Xorfolk {zcopies). illoore, Colonel Charles Thomas Jobn, Hope, Hobert Charles, E!lol.,,\lbion Crescent F.S.A., Frampton Hall, Boston. \'ilia, Scarborough. Moore, tbe Rev. Canon, }.I.A., F.S.A., Jlowonll, I h·nry Hoyle, Esq , F.S.. \ ., Derl,y Spalding. House, Eccles, :\lanchestcr. ·l\Ioore, the 1Iisses, the Cedars, Evington, Howlcn, \V. J::., Esq , F.S.A., 1\irton·in­ Leicester. l.and~cy. l\lorley, Frederick Hichard, Esq.. 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