It has come to our notice that the pNBR has been showing a number of old bells where the date of casting is allegedly precise rather than what is almost certainly more likely to be the case, namely approx (or circa).
In many such cases, the date shown is the estimate of some bell historian, and we have adopted our own convention that we show the date of a bell as cXX99 when it is believed to have been cast in the XX+1th century (see our Conventions).
Today we have amended ALL bells with an alleged precise date of 1399 or 1400 or 1499 or 1500 to approx.
If you have provided us with pNBR details for a bell whose date is one of those four - but in fact is a date which is supported by documentary evidence as being actual - do please get in touch at the earliest opportunity and we will be pleased to undo that particular change.
