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Collections of H B Walters FSA on church bells

Catalogue reference: WAH

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Title
Collections of H B Walters FSA on church bells
Date
19th-20th century
Description

Collections by Henry Beauchamp Walters, FSA (1867-1944), Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum, relating to church bells in England. In 1933 Walters undertook the arrangement of the SA collection of bell material (A.J., 13 (1933), 353).

The collections also include notes and rubbings made by the Rev. Thomas Archer Turner, rector of Ickford, Bucks., c. 1870 (formerly numbered SAL/MS/789), and some material by others, including L. H. Chambers of St Albans.

Walters published Church Bells (1908) and Church Bells of England (1912) and many other books and papers relating to church bells.

Held by
Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference
SAL/MS/722/1-7
Creator(s)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1867-1944), art historian, antiquary
Unpublished finding aids
Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/wah
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bee527b5-532a-4002-9ae3-f8cecfe253fa/

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Collections of H B Walters FSA on church bells