ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHEFFIELD.

Abbeydale, St John.
New Bells at Abbeydale. At St. John’s Church, Abbeydale, yesterday morning, the Rev. J. A. Kerfoot dedicated the six tubular bells which have been placed over the church as a Peace memorial. They are sweet soft-toned bells, and as they rang out before the service they gave an added charm to the beautiful Abbeydale valley. The money was subscribed by the parishioners, who also last week provided a memorial clock for the Parish Hall commemorating the fact that it was used throughout the war as a Red Cross Hospital. Yesterday’s dedication service was beautifully simple. It was conducted throughout by the Vicar … (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Monday 22 September 1919)
Thanks to Chris Pickford.

Abbeydale, St Peter.
The church has closed and the bell been removed for reuse at Woodhouse church. Its inscription is:

1. J : TAYLOR & CO. FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH [Decoration]

Visited: 3.2003.

Airmyn.
 The initial cross on the treble is [61] not [93].
Thanks to Alex Bayliss.

Anston, S James.
The upper frame is of cast-iron low sided castings on steel girders and the lower one of timber. The inscription on the waist of the 7th should read:

TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF THE TRIUNE GOD AND ……

Thanks to Arnold Smith.

Arbourthorne.
A newspaper photograph has turned up of the old bell which clearly indicates that it was cast by Pack & Chapman of the Whitechapel bellfoundry in 1777.

Arksey.
The tower is a central one with a spire.

Armthorpe.
The bells were rehung in 1997 by Taylors when they removed the canons from the remaining two bells.

Askern.
The old bell was inscribed:

SINGLETON & TENNANT. LEEDS [Bell] 1851. [Bell]

Information from Taylors Records.

Aston.
The frame is actually a low sided cast iron frame for 6 bells.
Thanks to Peter McCoy for pointing out the error.

Auckley.
This church has been transferred from the Diocese of Southwell to the Diocese of Sheffield.
The western stone turret contains one bell.

1. 1832                                                                                                            c 18"

Hung for swing chiming from a wooden headstock with lever. The bell is the work of Thomas II Mears of Whitechapel.
 Visited 5.88 (Telescope)

Attercliffe, Hill Top Chapel.
This 17th century building does not have a bell.
Visited: AJS 10.2002.

Barnburgh.
 The bells have been augmented to five by the addition of a treble and a tenor. Both bells are second hand, the treble coming from the redundant church of Christ Church, Doncaster and the tenor from Longton, Staffs. The frame was reorganised at the time by Eayre & Smith of Melbourne, Derbyshire.

1. T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1829.			
									29.375" 4.1.20

5. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1853		
									40"	  9.0.7

Visited: 2.00 at the workshops of Eayre and Smith, Melbourne.

Barnby Dun.
The old treble bell which I had allocated to the Mellours family may well have been cast by Humphrey Quernbie just prior to 1538 as two persons from there sued Quarnbie in the Court of Pleas for a debt (Court of Pleas Hilary Term 1538 CP 1096).

Bradfield.
The two new trebles hang in a separate frame above the rest.
Thanks to Mike King.

Brampton Brierlow, Christ Church
UK National Inventory of War Memorials – brass plaque inscribed “TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH & PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / THE TUBULAR BELLS IN THE TOWER ARE DEDICATED / ROLL OF HONOUR / NAMES”, and dedication date given as 31 July 1921.

Brightside, All Saints.
This tower should be Pitsmoor, All Saints.

Campsall.
The frame is a two tier one with bells 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the top tier.

Cantley.
The bells hang in a steel grillage and not the old frame.
Visited: AJS 5.2000.

Conisbrough.
Note the correct spelling.

Crookes, St Timothy.
The bell has now been inspected:

1. Blank.								14.5”

It appears to be the product of a brass founder in the 20th century. It hangs from a peg argent attached to a wrought iron headstock with lever.
Visited: AJS 9.2004.

Crosspool, St Columba.
The inscription is:
(i). JULY 5. 1901  [Decoration]
Waist.	(T)

Darfield.
The Gillett & Johnston frame dates from 1925, not 1952.
The former Low Valley Mission Church bell has been hung in the tower as a service bell:

1. Blank							14”

It is a 19th century brass founders production.
Thanks to Mike King.

Denaby Main, St Alban (RC).
The catalogue issued by Matthew O’Byrne, bellfounder of Dublin in 1915 notes that he provided a 10cwt bell to this church.

Dinnington
The bell has recently been accessed when the turret was scaffolded. It was found to be 20.5” in diameter. The bell was rehung in situ by Taylors in 1991, so a weight was not obtained. It was cast by Daniel Hedderly.
Thanks to Arnold Smith.

Doncaster, Christ Church.
The large bell is now at Barnbrough & the small one is in store awaiting a new home.

Doncaster, St George.
In the notebooks of Edmund Beckett Denison it is noted:
In 1834 James Sharpe the Vicars eldest son and I got up a subscription for recasting the old Doncaster peal of 1722 of which the two largest bells were cracked.
This is supported by the newspaper reports:

	The Corporation of Doncaster have voted the sum of 50 guineas in aid of the public subscription, which amounts to about £140, for the purpose of completing a new peal of bells in the Parish Church; and the sum of 30 guineas in augmentation of the funds of  the British School.
(Hull Packet, Fri. 2 Jan. 1835)

	DONCASTER CHURCH BELLS.— The Archbishop of York has liberally given £20 to the fund for re-casting the parish church bells. With the exception of the seventh bell, the peal has been taken down and forwarded to London, to the manufactory of Mears and Co. the celebrated bell-founders. The new peal will be completed and hung within three months from the present time.
(York Herald, Sat. 24 Jan. 1835; shorter report, Hull Packet, Fri. 30 Jan. 1835.)

Thanks to Chris McKay in RW 29/8/2008, p.927.

Dore.
Taylors inspected the Tower in October 1906 and noted the old bell was cast by Mears in 1836.
Thanks to Chris Pickford.

Eastoft.
 As noted under this tower, there are two small bells hung under the south eaves of the chancel:

1. Blank.							
									c6"

2. Blank.							
									c6"

These blank bells have peg argents and no moulding wires. They hang from wooden headstocks from brackets down from the roof timbers. From their appearance they are 20th century brass founders products.
Visited: 1.99.

Ecclesfield.
The tower is a central one.
In 2011 the bells were augmented to ten by the addition of 2 new trebles and the recasting of the existing 1845 treble bells. All except the old 7th were retuned.
1. TO THE MEMORY OF THE GLEDHILL FAMILY OF ECCLESFIELD
	THE GIFT OF JANET GLEDHILL 2011
	VICAR REVD. D. G. HARTLEY
	A. HACKETT
	A. HILL
	A. SIDEBOTTOM
	T. W. PROCTOR
	CHURCHWARDENS
								25.25” 4.1.1

2. PEOPLE WILL NOT LOOK FORWARD TO POSTERITY WHO NEVER LOOKED BACKWARD TO THEIR ANCESTORS.
THE GIFT OF JANET GLEDHILL 2011
	VICAR REVD. D. G. HARTLEY
	A. HACKETT
	A. HILL
	A. SIDEBOTTOM
	T. W. PROCTOR
	CHURCHWARDENS
								26.5” 4.2.24

3. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 
Waist.	REV ALFRED GATTY M.A.VICAR
	J. R. GREAVES		}
	H. MOORWOOD	} CHURCHWARDENS 1845
J. MACHEN		}
J. ASHFORTH		}
A GIFT OF THE SHEFFIELD BRANCH 100 CLUB
RECAST (W) 2011
							28” 5.0.2

4. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 
Waist.	REV ALFRED GATTY M.A.VICAR
	J. R. GREAVES		}
	H. MOORWOOD	} CHURCHWARDENS 1845
J. MACHEN		}
J. ASHFORTH		}

RECAST (W) 2011
								28.75” 5.0.18
The weights of the rest of the bells are now:
5. 	5.0.25				8. 	6.2.9
6.	5.3.0				9.	9.0.20
7. 	6.0.24				10.	14.1.22

RW 24/2/2012, p. 181.

Edlington.
The old church was dedicated to S Peter.

Finningley.
This church has been transferred from the Diocese of Southwell to the Diocese of Sheffield.
The western tower contains a chime of 3 bells.

 1. [+86] SIT NOMEN [ ihc 87]    
      [90]                                                                                                               
                                                                                                            32" 5.3.13

 2(i). GLORIA [96] IN [96] EXCELSIS [96] DEO [96] 1700 [96]
      W:MOVLDSON
 (ii). Z:A:BOLTON    CHURCH   [93 repeated]                  
      IO:WATSON    WARDENS                                                                          
                                                                                                              36" 7.3.27

 3. [+138]  IESVS BE OVR SPEED 1621                                                             
                                                                                                              39" 9.1.4 G

 When first visited the bells were hung in a wooden frame and quite derelict fittings. Since then they have been hung dead for chiming.
 The treble bell bears the unusual badge [90] with the initials GR. Several bells around the Midlands bear these initials, which, because of the other badges on the bell, we know to have been cast at Chesterfield. Recently the Author has discovered a bell at Kirk Hallam (Derbyshire) where the full badge is shown as GRH, clearly showing them to be the work of Ralph and Godfrey Heathcote. The lettering on this bell is unusual, being a decorated semi-Roman capital type.
 The second bell is the work of Samuel I Smith of York. Bells by the York founders are rare in Nottinghamshire.
 The tenor bell has a plain set of Roman capital letters to make the inscription. There are a series of similar bells in the area and the group may have been cast by William Oldfield who worked at both Doncaster and York (149).
 All the bells have lost their canons, a sign perhaps of a rehanging by the Harrisons of Barton on Humber.
 Prior to 1700 the 2nd bell was inscribed:
 Celorum xte placeat tibi rex sonus iste       (150)
 This transcription by Browne-Willis is a slight error for a common inscription of the Mellours. In the Browne-Willis notes are a large number of inscriptions from all over the north of England entered rather randomly, but the interesting fact emerges that at several of these places there is, or has been, a Smith bell dated 1700. Clearly then Willis saw these bells in Smiths foundry yard in York.
 1552:
 1740: 3 bells.
 Visited: 12.66 & 5.74.

Frickley.
In Deedes and Walters Church Bells of Essex (p.76), Walters allocates the old bell to John Clifton, a London founder, on the basis that the letter I of its inscription is the same as that on a bell at Sutton, Essex. Clifton's other bells range from 1632 to 1640. The inscription on the replacement bell is:

C & G MEARS FOUNDERS. LONDON 1851				
									24"

The bell is hung for swing chiming from a cast-iron box section Taylor headstock and ball bearings. The frame consists of two steel channels and two pedestal frames, Pickford type 8.3.B.e.
Visited: AJS 1.2000.

Fulwood.
Some details are missing:

5.  JOHN TAYLOR & CO * FOUNDERS * LOUGHBOROUGH * LEICESTERSHIRE * 1902
									33.5” 7.0.15

6.  As 5.									
									35.5” 8.1.0

7.  As 5.									
									39.625” 11.1.23

Thanks to Arnold Smith for pointing this out.
Prior to 1902 there were 2 bells of unknown provenance. These weighed 2.1.7 & 5.3.0.

Gillcar, St Silas.
The church has now been declared redundant. The bell is inscribed:

1.  MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1868.				
									34.125"

The bell hangs in a wooden frame, Pickford type 6.A, with plain bearings.
Visited: AJS 1.2001.

Gleadless, St. Peter.
The bell here has now been examined.
1. Blank										
									9.75"

This blank sand cast bell has a peg argent. It would appear to have been cast in the 20th century by a brass founder. It is hung from a round iron bar headstock with plain bearings and a perforated metal wheel. The brick church was built in 1954.
Visited: AJS 8.2000.

Goole,  St John the Evangelist.
The 1869 tenor of the ring was not the original bell in the tower, but was second hand from Holy Trinity, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire. The new ring of 8 provided in 1889 included it, and the ring was opened by the Hull Ringers on 4th February 1890.
Prior to this there was a single bell inscribed:

MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1869

Incised on the waist:

PLACED APRIL 1869 THE FIRST HAVING BEEN CRACKED BY A FIRE IN THE TOWER 26th NOV 1868.

It weighed 22.2.6.
Thanks to Stuart Hutchieson of Armitage for discovering that the tenor was second-hand.

Greasbrough.
Note the mis-spelling.

Gleadless Valley, Holy Cross.
The steel bell has been stolen!!

Harthill.
The electro-pneumatic chiming apparatus has been dismantled.

Heeley.
The entry re the 15cwt bell should be deleted, it is the bell at Healy, Rochdale.
Thanks to David Sloman.

Hillsborough, The Sacred Heart (R.C.).
 This church has a chime of 8 bells in the western brick tower.

1(i). THE FAITHFUL MAN SHALL BE MUCH PRAISED  [Rose decoration]		
Waist.    ROBERT
Reverse.	[T]
               1947
									27" 3.3.17
2(i). BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART  [Rose decoration]			
Waist.   JOSEPH
Reverse.[T]
              1947
									28.5" 4.1.25

3(i).  THE DRAGON IS CAST OUT   [Rose decoration]				
Waist.   GEORGE
Reverse.19(T)47
       									31.625" 6.0.2

4(i). IF THOU HAST MUCH, GIVE ABUNDANTLY   [Rose decoration]		
Waist.MARGUERITE
Reverse.19(T)47
									35" 8.0.8

5(i). CONFIRM THY BRETHREN   [Rose decoration]				
Waist.      PETER
Reverse.19(T)47
									39.125" 10.3.21

6(i). AVE MARIA    [Rose decoration]						
Waist.  GABRIEL
Reverse.19(T)47
									41.625" 13.0.21

7(i). GATE OF HEAVEN SPEED US   [Rose decoration]				
Waist.       MARY
Reverse.(T)
              1947
									46.06" 17.2.20

8(i). [Running vine decoration]              					           
Waist.   ICTV MEO ITERATO
         SIS ADMONITVS

  [ Badge of the Sacred Heart]
CORDI EIVS VVLNERATO
          SIS ABSCONDITVS

Reverse.   DEVOTA ANIMA ERGA COR IESV SACRATISSIMVM
ET IN PIAM MEMORIAM CONIVGIS PHILIPPI
        			MARGATITA WAKE
   MCMXXXVI

Soundbow.	 JOHN TAYLOR & CO., FOVNDERS, LOVGHBOROVGH.
									52.125" 25.0.8 in D

Taylors provided the tenor in 1936, and it is hung for slow swing chiming from a large cast-iron U-shaped headstock with wheel and ball bearings in a fabricated steel frame. All the lettering except for the soundbow inscription is in the large Somercotes set of upper-case lettering reserved by Taylors for their more important commissions. The lettering on the lip is in the small undecorated version. The rest of the bells to make up the chime are hung dead in two tiers with the sixth and seventh below, either side of the tenor. They were provided in 1948. On the floor below there is a baton clavier. The bell bolts and transmission were restored by Taylors in 1992.
Thanks to David Potter for pointing out this serious omission!
Visited: GAD & AJS 5.99.

Hook.
The bells were rehung on ball bearings in 1995.

Hoyland, St Andrew.
The bell has been hung for swing chiming above the north vestry.
Thanks to Mike King.

Kimberworth.
The bells have been rehung by David Potter of York. The medieval bell now hangs from a wooden deadstock with chiming clapper, the old crown staple having been drilled out. The clock bell has had new ironwork to attach it to the beam. The tubular bells have been completely refurbished.
Visited: AJS 10.99.

Kirk Sandall.
The tower is on the south side above the entrance porsch.

Laughton-en-le-Morthen.
 The badge on the treble is the fleur-de-lis [33], not [30].
During January 2002 the bells were taken down for rehanging by Taylors of Loughborough with new fittings for swing chiming in the existing wooden frame. The weights on removal were found to be 6.2.4, 7.2.27, 10.0.4 and the sanctus weighed 0.3.18.
Thanks to Alex Bayliss and Arnold Smith.
Visit: 2.2002.

Masbrough.
Note the spelling.
The bell was hung dead with electric chiming in 1993. The disused bell has been transferred to The Hill Primary School, Thurnscoe, and hung for swing chiming.

Moorends.
The tower is mid-way down the south aisle. The bell was hung in 1981. Recently the headstock fractured and has been replaced. The frame consists of two cast-iron pedestals on R.S.J's.
Visited: Peter Hayward 2.2001.

Mortomley.
The bell there was cast by J Warner & Sons in 1895:

1.   JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1895					
									20.75”

Visited: AJS 11.2002.

New Rossington.
The small bell is an old ships bell without inscription. It is hung for swing chiming.
Thanks to Mike King.

Norton Lees, St Paul.
The church here seems to have been omitted from the book. It has a slender octagonal south western tower containing one bell.

1.    BARWELL FOUNDER. BIRMINGHAM. 1877.					
									22”

The bell is hung for swing chiming from a wooden headstock with plain bearings between two wooden beams.
Visied: AJS 7.2004.

Norwood, S Leonard.
The bell has been examined at close quarters:

1.	Decoration.
Waist.      PATENT
           CAST
            ???
Lower waist.   NAYLOR VICK…….1865………STEEL                  			
									35.25”

This steel bell is badly corroded with holes in the waist. It hangs from a steel headstock. The bell is second hand and came from the demolished church of S Michael & All Angels, Neepsend, Sheffield.
Visited: AJS 8.2001.

Oughtibridge.
 The church has been scaffolded during re-roofing and an opportunity to see the bell became available.
    		   O
1.  J : TAYLOR & C..   FOUNDERS  LOUGHBOROUGH 1881.			
									20.625" 1.3.27

The bell hangs from a wooden headstock with plain bearings and lever attached to an extended gudgeon. It is proposed to rehang the bell.
Visited: GAD & AJS 11.99.

Park.
The weight of the bell is 14.2.27.
Information from Taylors Archives.

Pilley.
There is one bell here, 12” diameter, which is swing chimed. The inscription band does not appear to have an inscription. 
Visited: AJS 3.2003.

Rawcliffe.
There is also a small steel bell, 11.875” diameter, unhung in the tower.
Thanks to Peter Hayward

Rossington.
The bells have been rehung from new wooden headstocks with levers and ball bearings. Unfortunately the bells were not quarter-turned and the clappers still strike the bells at the existing worn impact points. The tenor bell has two impressions of coins on the waist.
Visited: AJS 7.2001.

Rotherham, All Saints.
On page 77 the weights of the old Mears ten are given, though not the diameters. In Taylors Records full details of the dimensions of the old bells are to be found. Apart from the tenor which is given as 30.3.17, all the rest of the weights are the same, and the diameters of the bells are given as: 31.25”, 32”, 33.5”, 34.75”, 37.25”, 40.375”, 43.5”, 45”, 50.125” and 56.625”.

Sharrow.
 The church is to be demolished. The bells were removed into store and have now been sold. The smaller bell has been acquired by Towcester, Northamptonshire for use as a chime bell, and the larger has been reused at Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire as the treble of four. They weighed 2.2.0 and 4.3.20 on removal.

Sheffield  Cathedral.
The weight of the Daniel Hedderly tenor is noted in the York Courant of 14th April 1754 as 32cwt 2qrs 9lbs.
The supposition that, in 1804, the peal of ten provided by Thomas Mears in 1798 was remodelled, has been found to be true. In the Whitechapel Records the weights of the1798 ring have been found:
Treble	30.75”	7.0.14
2nd	32”	7.1.2
3rd	33.5”	7.2.23
4th	34.75”	8.0.1
5th	37”	8.2.13
6th	40.75”	11.3.16
7th	43.75”	14.0.15
8th	46.25”	17.0.21
9th	50.625”	21.3.14
Tenor	56.5”	29.3.23

It was the tenor which became damaged (see below) and the ring was then increased in weight. The sizes of the replacement bells have been found, but not their weights, as sent out:
4th 	(was 5th)	34.5”
7th	(was 8th)		46.75”
9th	(was tenor)	56.75”
10th	(the new tenor)	62.25”

That the tenor was cracked is proved by the following newspaper extract:

	THE CHURCH BELLS.—A few evenings ago, the enlivening peal of these bells was abruptly stopped, in consequence of the ringers leaving their chamber and their labour in the utmost consternation. The sound of the bells was nothing compared to the sudden and tremendous crash heard over their heads, and which made them fear that the steeple was coming down. On returning again, it was discovered that the sixth bell, weighing 18 cwt., had, in consequence of an old crack, broken whilst being raised, and had come down on its mouth. This is one of the bells on which the chimes and quarters struck, and they have not gone since the accident; we hear it will be more than six months before a new one can be provided. The present peal of bells was opened April 22nd, 1799. This is the second bell of the peal that has failed, one of the number being broken during the first twelve months of its use.
(Sheffield Independent., Sat. 7 Nov. 1835)

Thanks to Alan Hughes of the Whitechapel Bellfoundry.

Sheffield, St. Barnabas.
When examined by John Oldham of Taylors Bellfoundry in November 1919 the tower contained one steel bell. There were no further details.

Sheffield, St Clement, Newhall.
This church was built in 1912 and closed and demolished in 1962. The small tower contained one steel bell by Naylor Vickers & Co. This was rehung by Taylors in 1916, at which time it was noted as 32” in diameter & weighing 4.0.7.
Information from Taylors Records.

Sheffield, St. George.
This church was inadvertently missed from the book. It is now closed.
It formerly had one bell by Thomas II Mears in 1828.
The Sheffield Courant  of 28th November 1828 reported:
The new bell from Mears foundery new hung in the tower of St Georges Church, was used for the first time .... it is equal in size and weight to the eighth bell as the parish church...

The then eighth of the ring was 50” in diameter & weighed 20.0.11.
The fate of the bell is unknown.

Sheffield, St. Marie (R.C.).
The diameters of the bells are: 31.5”, 32”, 35”, 36.75”, 40”, 42.75”, 47.375” and 52.5” respectively.
There are minor errors in the inscriptions:
The second line of the waist inscription starts alme.
On the tenor, the last word on the second line is has, the third line has fieri, and there is a seventh line, reading Anno dni MDCCCLXXIV.
Thanks to Arnold Smith.

Sheffield, St. Philip.
This church on Infirmery Road was built in 1822-8 and was demolished in 1957. The 110 feet high tower had one bell which was rehung by Taylors in 1878. On scrapping in 1951 it weighed 19.2.17. The bell was the work of Thomas Mears of the Whitechapel Bellfoundry in 1832 when it was provided at a cost of £150:

1 (i). T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1832. HOLINESS TO THE LORD ZECHR 14 C 20V
(ii). 	JOHN LIVESEY CLERK M. A. MINISTER
	JOHN WATSON			} CHURCHWARDENS
	WILLIAM FREDERICK DIXON		}
								49.125”

Thanks to Chris Pickford & Taylors Records. Also ‘The Story of St Philip, Sheffield 1828-1928’, by Rev W. Odom.

Sheffield, St. Vincent de Paul (R.C.).
The church has closed. The bell has been removed and transferred to a church in Ireland. Enquiries are being made to find the whereabouts of the bell.

Sheffield, City Road Cemetery.
In 1881 Taylors provided two bells to the Cemetery on Intake Road:
1. 31.5”	6.1.0
2. 45.5” 16.1.21

In 1953 scrap metal from here was traded in to Taylors weighing 24.1.10. It may well be that was these bells. In 1969 a further 7.1.26  consisting of two broken bells was purchased.
A note (undated) in the Potts file at Loughborough indicates the inscription on the 6cwt bell was:
	I : TAYLOR AND CO LOUGHBOROUGH 1881
Waist:		SHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP
		         CEMETERY
			1881
Taylors Records.

Sheffield Museum, Millennium Gallery.
The six steel bells from Bassaleg, Monmouthshire have been displaced by a ring of traditional bronze bells. The steel bells have been acquired by the Museum and hung dead with chiming clappers.
Ringing World, 2001, page 449.

Sheffield, Old Town Hall.
The bells mentioned on page 89 were in the Old Town Hall and not in the new Town Hall which was erected in 1895. At a recent visit Arnold Smith was able to ascertain that the bells were originally there, attached to the clock as a ding-dong chime, but have now gone.

Sheffield, Notre Dame High School.
There is a bell here:

1. GILLETT & JOHNSTON FOUNDERS CROYDON 1935
	5258							
								18” 1.1.10 B

Thanks to Peter McCoy.

South Anston, St. James.
Bells 3 to 8 hang in a wooden frame, Pickford type 6.A, with the trebles above in a cast iron low sided frame, Pickford type 8.3.A.h.

Sprotbrough, St. Mary the Virgin.
Physical details of the old six as provided by Pack and Chapman:

Dia.		Weight		Dia.	Weight
1.	24.5"		4.0.21	4.	30.5"	5.3.27
2.	27.5"		4.1.20	5.	33"	6.2.27
3.	29.5"		5.0.8	6.	36"	8.0.4

Sprotbrough, St. Edmund.
Contrary to reports the church does have a bell:

1. 1765								c15"

Hung in a bell-cote midway along the roof ridge, with 4 canons and attached to a wooden headstock with lever. The founder has not been identified.
Visited: AJS 4.99.

Stannington.
The front seven bells were sold to Taylors and scrapped in July 1962.

Swinefleet, St. Margaret.
 The first letter of the inscription is a Gothic capital M inverted, so the inscription is a bungled attempt at MARIA.

Swinton.
The Hilton bell has been rehung in a new frame and fittings, the canons have been removed.

Thorne.
Though the entry does not say it, the frame is the 1892 cast iron frame installed by James Shaw & Co of Bradford.

Tickhill.
The bells here were rehung by James Barwell, the Birmingham bellfounder sometime before 1896.
Thanks to Chris Pickford who found a Barwell catalogue of c1907 in the Stafford Record Office.

Tinsley.
Taylors Records indicate the inscriptions read:

1. J : TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS 1878.
Waist.		3 BELLS
Reverse waist.	      T

2. . J : TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS 1878.
Waist.		RECAST FOR
Reverse waist.	      T

. J : TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS 1878.
Waist.		JUBILEE 1929
Reverse waist.	      T

Totley.
The bell is swing chimed, and from the feel of it, weighs about 3cwt.
Thanks to Mike King.

Thurnscoe, St. Hilda.
Contrary to the Vicars report, there are two small bells here:

1. Blank.							
									12.125"

2. Blank.
Waist. [Head] [Royal coat of Arms] [Head]
1845				
						16.125"
The bells were hung in a new timber frame for swing chiming at the end of 1998 on the top of the unfinished tower (Ringing World, 26.2.1999, p.181). The bells have lost their canons/argents and hang from bar headstocks with ball bearings and levers. The treble is the work of a brass founder and the tenor may be, as reported in the Ringing World, by Taylors.
Visited: AJS & GAD 7.99.

Wadsley.
There is a disused bell here.

Wales.
The treble weight is 3.2.10 not as published.
Thanks to Tim Jackson.

Walkley.
The bells have been rehung on ball bearings by Hayward Mills Associates during 2006. At the time the bells were retuned & their weights are now:
1.	4.0.17
2.	4.2.10
3.	5.3.0
4.	6.1.19
5.	8.3.8
6.	12.2.13	811 Hz
The frame was also rebuilt, bells 3, 4 & 6 are in the H frames, and the others are now in a fabricated steel low sided frame above it.
Visited: 10.2006.

Wath on Dearne.
On the church wall near the disused tenor bell are four pieces of the old wooden frame. These all have inscriptions.
1. [A part of the Harrison frame dated 1741].
2. A jack brace inscribed:	EDWARD <> RADCLIFFE
 	   		    WORKEMAN 1666
3.	G. KENYON 1826
4.	I.W 1847

Edward Radcliffe may be the same person as the one christened at Rotherham on 30th June 1616, and who married there twice, 2nd February 1636/7 to Rosamund Burgon, and 10th August 1658 to Gertrude Satherwaite. Further research is required.
Visited: AJS 1.2001.

Wheatley Hills.
The bell has been examined at close quarters.

1.	JOHN TAYLOR & CO * /Wall/ FOUNDERS * LOUGHBOROUGH * 1956 *
Waist.   +

In the arms of the cross on the waist are the initials CEMS, representing the Church of England Mens Society. The bell has an arched counter-balanced headstock.
Visited: AJS 8.2001.

Woodhouse.
The Abbeydale S Peter bell has been removed from the redundant church & will become the tenor of the restored ring of three bells at Woodhouse.

Wombwell.
The diameter of the Hilton bell is 16.5”.

Worsbrough.
Note the spelling.

The bellfounders and bellhangers based in the Sheffield Diocese

Joseph Ludlam.
A further check at Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire has revealed that the blank second bell there is also the work of Joseph Ludlam. It should therefore be included on the list on page 147.

John Francis Mallaby.
 Further research has revealed that Mallaby's Day Book survives in the possession of a descendant. This shows rehanging work undertaken by Mallaby includes:
1902 Maltby 
1904 Burley, Leeds
         Thornton le Dale 2nd 
1906 Bath, both the Abbey and St. Saviours
         Maltby 1st
         Fishlake
1908 Rotherham
         Maltby 2nd 
1913 Whenby
         Church Kirk
1914 Sandall
1916 Halifax (rehang tenor)

Also another bell exists with his name on it:
Whenby 2nd of  3 
(i). JOHN WARNER & SONS FOUNDERS LONDON 1913       21.875"
(ii).  Old inscription, not facsimile
(iii). J. F. MALLABY & CO 1913

 Christopher Pickford informs me that Bath Abbey were rehung with new gudgeons and bearings and the frame strengthened by Mallaby in 1897 (vide Bell News, 26.6.1897, p.102.) and St. Saviour, Larkhall, Bath, the two tenors were recast by Warners in 1905 when Mallaby rehung them with partial new fittings. After a more recent remodelling the two tenors are now at Langford Budville and Glastonbury respectively. Both have Mallabys name upon them.
The Bell News for 17th November 1900 (see the Ringing World 17.11.2000, p.1133) reports the rehanging of bells 4, 5 and 6 at Eckington, Derbyshire, and sings the praises of Mallaby’s pedestal bearing housings, designed to protect the gudgeons from dirt, etc.

Thanks to Ranald Clouston for details of the Whenby bell, and Christopher Pickford for the Bell News extracts.

Naylor Vickers & Co, Sheffield
In the lists of bells by them:
Moseley have been displaced by a ring of 10 bronze bells in 2012 & the old 8 are to be put on exhibit at the Swan Tower, Perth, Australia
Sydney, Randwick bells have been displaced by a ring of 8 bronze bells in the year 2000. The six smaller old steel bells have been relocated to the Monastery of Holy Transfiguration, Richardson Road, Bombala NSW, and the 2 heaviest are at Randwick Cemetery.

The bells of William Oldfield (p.139).
Add:
1627 Allerton Mauleverer 2 of 3	27”

Other Bellfounders whose work occurs in the Sheffield Diocese.

Singleton & Tennant, Leeds
According to Charlton & Archdeacons Leeds Directory of 1849 they described themselves as Iron Merchants, wholesale & retail ironmongers, whitesmiths, bellhangers, tin & iron plate workers of 38 Briggate, Leeds.
The list of their known bells is:

1840	Whitely single
1851	Askern single (recast)
1853	Private ownership in Coventry
Not dated. Fenwick, now in private ownership.

Updated: 21.7.2023.