12 September 1687: Installation of a bell at St Leonard’s, Thrybergh
John Reresby. 1875. The Memoirs of Sir John Reresby of Thrybergh, Bart., M.P. for York, etc., 1634-1689. Ed. James J. Cartwright. London: Longmans, Green, and Company. Get it:
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The little bell which I gave the parish, being the first of five, was put up and tuned. It cost me £18.
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Abbreviations:
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- GM: Greater Manchester
- NR: North Riding
- NY: North Yorkshire
- SY: South Yorkshire
- WR: West Riding
- WY: West Yorkshire
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The little bell which I gave the parish, being the first of five, was put up and tuned. It cost me £18.
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- Reresby, John (1634-89) (23), Thrybergh-born, politician and diarist, governor of York 1682-88, 2nd baronet
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