The Church Bells Of Warwickshire

Author : Henry Timothy Tilley
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ISBN 13 : 9781332870585
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Download or read book The Church Bells of Warwickshire written by Henry Timothy Tilley and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Church Bells of Warwickshire: Their Founders, Inscriptions, Traditions and Uses Henry Timothy Tilley was an enthusiastic bell-hunter from his undergraduate days, and though I do not know what first attracted him to this pursuit, his notes shew that he began to visit Warwickshire belfries and collect bell-inscriptions in 1874, when he was only about twenty years of age. In the two or three succeeding years before his ordination he visited from his home at Edgbaston a large number (about 120) of the Warwickshire churches, chie y in his own neighbourhood and round Nuneaton and Kineton. The results of his labours up to 1877 were admirably summarised in a short paper read before the Birmingham and Midland Institute in that year. Parochial duties naturally had the first 'claim on his time thenceforward, but in 1892 he had visited nearly every church steeple in the county, and a second paper read before the same Society in that year not only formed a useful supplement to the first, but in conjunction with it gave an interesting survey of the cam panological treasures of Warwickshire. It was then his intention to work up and enlarge his notes into book form, but devotion to parochial work and intermittent breakdowns in health frustrated his hopes, and although during his last years beneficed almost in the centre of the county, the care of an extensive parish demanded all his time and energies. Thus when he was called to his rest in December, 1905, he left behind him no more than a carefully compiled list of the bell-inscriptions, with occasional interesting notes, the two published papers summarising the more valuable results of his labours, and such rubbings and casts of stamps as he had been able to collect from time to time. It was the earnest wish of his widow and family that these notes should not suffer neglect, but should be published in such a form as he had meditated, and when the work of editing and completing them was offered to the present writer, it was with the greatest satisfaction and gratitude that he undertook to pay this tribute to the memory of his friend and fellow-worker. Though the Introduction is necessarily my own work throughout, as well as the actual text of the second part. And though in the necessary process of revising and bringing up to date I have personally visited over sixty of the towers in the county, I could not but feel that my pre decessor's careful and patient labours (if only embodied in my own) justified the appearance of his name in the chief position on the title-page. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."