The bells at St John, Burslem are a peal of six cast by William Dobson of Downham Market, Norfolk in 1828. They are listed in Dove as Unringable: tower unsafe. As part of a project to investigate the tuning of Dobson bells, I visited Burslem on 23 October 2020. Phil Gay arranged the visit for […]
Category: William Dobson
William Dobson’s biggest bell
This article was originally published in The Ringing World of 2 October 2020, issue 5710, page 968. In Chris Pickford’s list of Great Bells (see below for link), the biggest bell cast by William Dobson is listed as 43cwt, originally at Dublin Post Office, and now in County Mayo, Ireland. As part of an investigation into the tuning […]
William Dobson’s bells
This paper was updated 26/12/2020 with an additional 66 bells by William Dobson, bringing the total number of bells analysed for the period 1750 to 1850 to around 1,050. For most of the additional Dobson bells, the tuning figures were provided by Chris Pickford from Taylors’ records. The plots comparing the hum and prime tuning […]
William Dobson
William Dobson was a bellfounder working in Downham Market, Norfolk in the early 19th century. He inherited the bellfoundry in 1806 from his grandfather Thomas Osborn who originally worked with Joseph Eayre in St Neots and moved to Downham Market in the middle of the 18th century. Among peals by William Dobson which still survive, […]