WHEN I DOE RING GODS PRAYSES SING 1676 RS GH 3. (lower) HOOTON PAGNELL (All Saints). Nine bells. Seven of these bells were cast by Messrs. Taylor in 1895, and one by them in 1896. These all have the makers' name, etc., in raised letters on the shoulders, and on the waists are inscriptions as follows, cut slightly into the metal with a chisel. They were given by Mrs. Warde-Aldam, of Frickley Hall. 6. (Cast in 1896 for a necessary semitone.) FOR MERCIES UNDESERVED THIS PEAL IS RAISED AND MAY THY NAME O GOD THRO CHRIST BE PRAISED AND BID THE LIVING FOR THE GRAVE PREPARE J W-A 7. OUR VOICES SHALL WITH JOYFULL SOUND MAKE HILLS & VALLEYS ECHO ROUND WHILST THUS WE JOIN IN CHEERFUL SOUND MAY LOVE AND LOYALTY ABOUND 8. (24) In honore the (3) RESONABO RH (28 There were formerly three bells, viz. the present No. 8, which was the tenor, and two others. 1. (Fleur de lis) teba (stop) (Lion) (34) anml (stop) (Portcullis) (Tudor rose) anm (stop) 2. (16) These latter were melted up to form part of the 1895-6 ring. Celorum rte placeat tibi rex sonus iste (18) The lettering on the tenor bell is curiously mixed in style, the first and last words being from quite different sets of "Lombardic' stamps, and the two middle words English Text. Nicholas Wortley, of South Kirkby, Esquire, by his will dated 25th December, 1492, bequeathed, "Ad fabricationem campanarum eccl. par. de Hoton Panell xxs" (Test. Ebor., iv, 77). HOOTON ROBERTS (St. Peter). Three bells. I. 2. 3. (10) the (3) (10) ihe (3) (55) Sancte (stop) Petre (stop) Ora (stop) Pro (stop) Nobis IESVS BE OVR SPEED 1624 The initial cross and lettering are from similar stamps to those used for St. Leonard's bell at Thrybergh (see Plate xiii). In 1887 a bell was rung at noon on weekdays, and 9 a.m. on Sundays. HOYLAND NETHER (St. Peter). Three bells. MEXBOROUGH (St. John Baptist). Three bells. (lower) J TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1879 The former tenor had the same marks as the present treble. SWINTON (St. Margaret). One bell. 7 HILTON 1803 18 in. dia. There is now also a set of eight "Tubular Bells," but in 1887 there was a bell weighing 94 cwt., which had in "Lombardic" lettering "C et G Mears Londini fecerunt 1848" 2. WATH-UPON-DEARNE (All Saints). Six bells. THOMAS EARL OF MALTON (") DONER KNIGHT OF THE BATH 3. W. KAY WRIGHT C WATH TOWN GAUE ME IN 1741 5. ID: M: FIR: II: RT 1748 6. the GLORIA IN EXCELCIS [DEO (lower) the (3) ANNO DNI 1588 GH (27) On the frames is cut 42 in. dia. (Weight, 14 cwt.) "Willm Twittey Vicr 1741 John Jackson Richd Bingley Jos Bingley Thos Smith and Godfrey Bingley Churchwardens. James Harrison of Barrow in Lincolnshire Bellhanger." Rev. Godfrey Woolley was vicar 1772 to 1788 (Hunter, ii, 156). # Thomas Wentworth was created Earl of Malton in 1734, Marquis of Rocking ham in 1746, and, dying at Wentworth in 1750, was buried in York Minster.Hunter, ii, 91. Briscoe, in his Curiosities of the Belfry, says that a Mr. Tuke, of Wath, who died in 1810, bequeathed half a guinea to the ringers to ring one peal of grand bobs, which was to strike off whilst the testator was being put into his grave. The death-bell is rung here Three times three strokes for a man. WENTWORTH (Holy Trinity). Six bells. These were cast by Messrs. John Warner & Co., in 1863, and till July, 1893, hung in the tower of the old church, now used as a mortuary chapel only. At the latter date they were removed to the tower of the new church. The death-bell is rung here with— At the Survey of 1552 there were three bells here. WOMBWELL (St. Mary). One bell. T HILTON OF WATH FOUNDER 1747 Jarvis Rockley daughter of Sir W. DIARVIS [ROCKLEY RH IL 28 in. dia. VOCO AD DEUM POPULUM PORTER VICAR. F. PATRICK . [G. TATTERSHALL. CHURCHWARDENS T. HILTON. OF. WATH. FOUNDER 1800 was the son of Robert Rockley and Mary, Fairfax, of Steeton. He was born 1560, died 1604, and is buried at Worsborough (Hunter, ii, 286). Up to 1884 a muffled peal was rung every Good Friday before the usual three o'clock service. Formerly a bell rung at 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. each weekday, but now only the latter, and that irregularly. ST. HILDA. BY ALEX. D. H. LEADMAN, F.S.A.1 THIS noble and illustrious princess, of whom every Yorkshireman and Yorkshirewoman may justly be proud, was born in 614. Her saintly life and learning have found her a deserved place in some calendars of our early English Church. Her father was Hereric, nephew of Edwin, first Christian King of Northumbria. Hereric married Bregusuid, of whose family we know nothing. The offspring of this marriage was first a daughter, Heresuid, secondly a younger daughter, Hilda, and thus in the veins of these sisters flowed the royal blood, Hilda and her sister being grand-nieces of the King. 3 For some reason of policy or evil design Hereric was kept in confinement by Cerdic or Ceretic, the King of Elmete, and there he ended his days by poison. It was probably to avenge Hereric's death that "Edwin seized on Elmete, and expelled Ceretic its King." All this took place during Hilda's infancy, so that she never remembered her father's face, or knew his paternal love. 1I have to thank iny friend Rev. Canon Fowler, D.C.L., F.S.A., for translating the offices of St. Hilda, and for several valuable notes. 2 Bede, Book IV, ch. 23. The edition of Bede used is that edited by Moberly (Clarendon Press, 1869). 3 Hild, A.S., and Hildr, Old Norse, only met with in poetry, mean battle. It was the name of one of the Valkyrias (choosers of the slain), who were regarded as the handmaids of Odin. It is rare as a prefix in Norse names, but frequent in Old High and Low German; of men, Hildir, Hildibrand, Hildigrímr, Hildefrith, Hildewine; of women, Hildr, Hildirithr. Again it often forms the latter part in female names, and is often spelt or sounded without the aspirate, Ashildr, Brynhildr, Geirhildr, Grímhilldr, Ragnhildr. The Old Norse Gunnr, and A.S. Guthr, appearing in the names Gunnhildr and Guthmund (protection in battle), have the same significance (Cleasby and Vigfusson's IcelandicEnglish Dictionary s.v. Hildr and Gunnr, and index to Cartularium Saxonicum). VOL. XVII. Although the name Hilda rarely occurs in English place-names, as Hinderwell, near Whitby, and Hilde kelde (Hilda's spring), in Guisborough, now lost, it, or the masculine form Hildir, is far from uncommon in Norse-speaking countries. Kok in Det Danske Folkesprog (ii, 177) gives many instances, as Hillerup, Hillestrup, Hillestorpe, = Hilda's thorpe ; Hyllested, Hillested, Hilda's stead or place; Hillebo, Hilda's house; Hillersley Hilda's heritage-all in Denmark; Hillersjo, formerly Hildishögh, Hilda's houe, in Sweden; and Hildarheimr, now Hildrum, Hilda's home, in Norway. Hilda is a Latinised form of Hild, which means "battle." To call a girl battle seems strange, but does not alter the fact. To give such names to girls was a favourite habit of the AngloSaxons (Rev. W. W. Skeat, Notes and Queries, 8th S. VIII, 72). Also among other northern nations to bestow on their children the names of their favourite idols was a very old custom (as seen from both sacred and profane history). Bede, IV, 23. Nennius (Monumenta Historica Britannica), p. 76. D |