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    The Bilbie family were bell founders and clockmakers based initially in Chew Stoke, Somerset and later at Cullompton, Devon in south-west England from...
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    support that idea. The parish was part of the hundred of Chew. The Bilbie family of bell founders and clockmakers lived and worked in Chew Stoke for...
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    the fourteen bells are two dating from 1728 and made by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family in Chew Stoke. Another from the same date, the "Great Bell",...
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    a bell dating from 1732 made by Thomas Bilbie and another from 1790 made by William Bilbie of the Bilbie family. The church has been designated by English...
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    six bells, one of which dating from 1723 was made by Edward Bilbie of the Bilbie family. The statue on the east side is that of St John the Baptist....
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    six bells, one of which dating from 1723 was made by Edward Bilbie of the Bilbie family. The statue on the east side is that of St John the Baptist....
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    total, some made by the Bilbie family of Chew Stoke, the smallest bears these lines: "I value not who doth me see For Thomas Bilbie casted me; Althow my...
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    Kentucky Yongle Big Bell Bell founders and foundries Bergholtz [sv] Bilbie family Andrey Chokhov Cockey Royal Eijsbouts Kashpir Ganusov Vanden Gheyn Gillett...
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    Kentucky Yongle Big Bell Bell founders and foundries Bergholtz [sv] Bilbie family Andrey Chokhov Cockey Royal Eijsbouts Kashpir Ganusov Vanden Gheyn Gillett...
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    century) and includes a bell dating from 1766 and made by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family, St Cuthberts, Carmel Christian Centre, St Christophers and the...
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    which contains six bells dating from 1760 and made by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed...
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    feet (30 m), contains a bell dating from 1759 made by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family. The graveyard contains the grave of the hymn writer William...
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    The tower contains a bell dating from 1779 and made by William Bilbie of the Bilbie family. Several of the monuments in the churchyard are Grade II listed...
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    Kentucky Yongle Big Bell Bell founders and foundries Bergholtz [sv] Bilbie family Andrey Chokhov Cockey Royal Eijsbouts Kashpir Ganusov Vanden Gheyn Gillett...
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    tower contains five bells dating from 1760 and made by Thomas Bilbie, of the Bilbie family, in Cullompton. It has been designated by English Heritage as...
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    Bilbie of Cullompton in 1799. The Bilbie family were prolific founders and bellhangers and examples of their work still exist in Devon. These Bilbie bells...
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    Chapel at Killerton House was made by W. Pannell and Son in 1845. The Bilbie family were also involved in clock making. In 1749 Thomas Biblie (senior) was...
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    However, earlier bells include those from the 18th century by the Bilbie family and one by William III & Richard II Purdue made in 1658. The full peal...
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    contains eight bells, of which two were made in the 1790s by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family in Cullompton. The three-stage tower has moulded string courses...
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  • long-nosed bandicoot Family Thylacomyidae Genus Macrotis - bilbie Family Equidae Genus Equus - horses, asses, and zebras Family Rhinocerotidae Tribe Dicerotini...
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    contains three bells dating from 1773 and made by Thomas Castleman Bilbie of the Bilbie family in Cullompton.[self-published source] The chancel was classicised...
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    and eighth) were cast in 1745 by Thomas Bilbie, and the sixth (1788) by William Bilbie of the Bilbie family of bellfounders. The other three bells, (the...
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    contains a bell dating from 1801 and made by Thomas and James Bilbie of the Bilbie family, along with four other bells. It can be seen from the sea and...
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    buttresses. One of the church bells was cast in 1716 by Edward Bilbie of the Bilbie family. The octagonal font dates from the 13th century. The church has...
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    Matthew Perry upon his arrival in Japan. Cast by bellmakers from the Suwa family of Higo Province, it is now held in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution...
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    bells, the tenor of which dates from 1759 and was cast by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family. The oldest bell dates from circa 1580. St Andrew's is the Church...
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    tower has six bells, three of which were cast in 1781 by William Bilbie of the Bilbie family. English Heritage has designated Holy Trinity a Grade II* listed...
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    Kentucky Yongle Big Bell Bell founders and foundries Bergholtz [sv] Bilbie family Andrey Chokhov Cockey Royal Eijsbouts Kashpir Ganusov Vanden Gheyn Gillett...
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    recorded until 1763, when Thomas Bilbie recast the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of the eight.  The Bilbie family, like the Purdue family, were a prolific West Country...
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