LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

A compilation of eighteenth and nineteenth century

documents relating to the bells and in particular

GREAT TOM

and the quarter bells.

 

Transcribed and edited

with additional notes by

John R Ketteringham MBE, PhD

 

 

CONTENTS

 

  

INTRODUCTION

 

  

1.

Letters and other documents relating to the bells from 1763 to 1827

 

2.

 Letters and other documents dating from 1828 to 1834 relating to proposals for the repair and recasting of 'Great Tom'  

3.

Alas Poor Tom! An analysis of the documents relating to ‘Great Tom’ by Ray Ayres

 

4.

Aftermath – Correspondence relating to the properties of the quarter bells

 

5.

Biographies

 

a.

John Briant

 

b.

William Dobson

 

c.

James Harrison I

 

d.

James Harrison II

 

e.

William Ludlum

 

f.

Samuel Parr

 


Revised: 19 May 2004