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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Cschurchbilbiebell.JPG/300px-Cschurchbilbiebell.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Cschurchbilbiebell.JPG/450px-Cschurchbilbiebell.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Cschurchbilbiebell.JPG/600px-Cschurchbilbiebell.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2186" data-file-height="1705" /></a><figcaption>Bilbie bell kept in <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Chew_Stoke" title="St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke">St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> as a memorial to the family</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Bilbie family</b> were <a href="/wiki/Bellfounding" title="Bellfounding">bell founders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clockmaker" title="Clockmaker">clockmakers</a> based initially in <a href="/wiki/Chew_Stoke" title="Chew Stoke">Chew Stoke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> and later at <a href="/wiki/Cullompton" title="Cullompton">Cullompton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> in south-west <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> from the late 17th century to the early 19th century. </p><p>Their importance to the local economy and in local history is commemorated by Bilbie Road in Chew Stoke and in the village sign. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bell_making">Bell making</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Bell making"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bilbie family produced more than 1,350 <a href="/wiki/Church_bell" title="Church bell">bells</a>, which are hung in churches all over the <a href="/wiki/West_Country" title="West Country">West Country</a>. The oldest bell, cast in 1698, is still giving good service in <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Chew_Stoke" title="St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke">St Andrew's Church</a>, Chew Stoke. </p><p>Supplies of the <a href="/wiki/Tin" title="Tin">tin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a> used to make <a href="/wiki/Bell_metal" title="Bell metal">bell metal</a> were probably obtained from <a href="/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">brass</a> foundries in <a href="/wiki/Kelston" title="Kelston">Kelston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>. The metal was melted in a wood-burning furnace to over 1,500 °C (2,732 °F), and then poured into a mould made from <a href="/wiki/Loam" title="Loam">loam</a>, or foundry mud, from the <a href="/wiki/River_Chew" title="River Chew">River Chew</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Church_bells">Church bells</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Church bells"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Church bells the Bilbies produced include: </p> <ul><li>St Nicholas's Church, <a href="/wiki/Abbotsbury" title="Abbotsbury">Abbotsbury</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Church of St John, <a href="/wiki/Axbridge" title="Axbridge">Axbridge</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Michael and All Angels, <a href="/wiki/Bampton,_Devon" title="Bampton, Devon">Bampton</a><sup id="cite_ref-troyte_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-troyte-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Andrew's, <a href="/wiki/Banwell" title="Banwell">Banwell</a><sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St George's, <a href="/wiki/Beckington" title="Beckington">Beckington</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Redcliffe" title="St Mary Redcliffe">St Mary Redcliffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Chew_Stoke" title="St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke">St Andrew's Church</a>, Chew Stoke</li> <li>St John the Baptist's Church, <a href="/wiki/Keynsham" title="Keynsham">Keynsham</a></li> <li>All Saints' Church, <a href="/wiki/Corston,_Somerset" title="Corston, Somerset">Corston</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Andrew's, <a href="/wiki/Cullompton" title="Cullompton">Cullompton</a><sup id="cite_ref-cullompton_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cullompton-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St John the Baptist Parish Church, <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury" title="Glastonbury">Glastonbury</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Giles' Church, <a href="/wiki/Leigh-on-Mendip" title="Leigh-on-Mendip">Leigh-on-Mendip</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Church of St John the Baptist, <a href="/wiki/Lustleigh" title="Lustleigh">Lustleigh</a></li> <li>Parish Church of <a href="/wiki/Marwood,_Devon" title="Marwood, Devon">Marwood</a>, North Devon<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Margaret's, <a href="/wiki/Northam,_Devon" title="Northam, Devon">Northam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherborne_Abbey" title="Sherborne Abbey">Sherborne Abbey</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Old Church, <a href="/wiki/Uphill" title="Uphill">Uphill</a>, Somerset<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>All Saints' Church, <a href="/wiki/Wraxall,_Somerset" title="Wraxall, Somerset">Wraxall</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>All Saints' Church, <a href="/wiki/Wrington" title="Wrington">Wrington</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St John the Baptist's Church, <a href="/wiki/Yeovil" title="Yeovil">Yeovil</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Church of St Peter, <a href="/wiki/Zeal_Monachorum" title="Zeal Monachorum">Zeal Monachorum</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clock_making">Clock making</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Clock making"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bilbie_Long_Case_clock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Bilbie_Long_Case_clock.jpg/220px-Bilbie_Long_Case_clock.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Bilbie_Long_Case_clock.jpg/330px-Bilbie_Long_Case_clock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Bilbie_Long_Case_clock.jpg/440px-Bilbie_Long_Case_clock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Grandfather_clock" title="Grandfather clock">Grandfather clock</a> by John Bilbie on display at <a href="/wiki/King_John%27s_Hunting_Lodge,_Axbridge" title="King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge">King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Edward Bilbie is thought to have learnt the clockmaking trade from Edward Webb, who died in 1694. Bilbie started casting bells in 1698, and it is highly probable that he was making clocks by this time.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around this time <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> was one of the most important centres for clock making outside London. This was in part due to the strong <a href="/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">brass</a> founding industry which had developed in response to a healthy export demand and the abundant supply of the raw materials – copper and zinc – in the west. In the late 17th century the clock making industry thrived in the <a href="/wiki/Chew_Valley" title="Chew Valley">Chew Valley</a> of <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> thanks to Thomas Veale, Edward Webb and Edward Bilbie, whose clock making was conducted alongside their bell-founding work. Such a concentrated effort resulted in a distinctive local style of <a href="/wiki/Lantern_clock" title="Lantern clock">lantern clock</a>. </p><p>Their clocks date from 1724 and are highly prized. They produced mostly <a href="/wiki/Grandfather_clock" title="Grandfather clock">longcase clocks</a>, the cheapest with 30-hour <a href="/wiki/Movement_(clockwork)" title="Movement (clockwork)">movements</a> in modest <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> cases, but they also made high quality eight-day movements with additional features such as indicating the high tide at <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Harbour" title="Bristol Harbour">Bristol docks</a>. These were fitted into quality <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_making" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet making">cabinet maker</a> cases that now command the highest prices.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-troyte_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-troyte-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_members">Family members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several generations of the family were involved in the business.<sup id="cite_ref-troyte_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-troyte-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Edward_Bilbie_I_(1666–1724)"><span id="Edward_Bilbie_I_.281666.E2.80.931724.29"></span>Edward Bilbie I (1666–1724)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Edward Bilbie I (1666–1724)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is not known how Edward Bilbie learnt to <a href="/wiki/Casting" title="Casting">cast</a> bells, but it is clear that he cast his first bell in 1698 for <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Chew_Stoke" title="St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke">St Andrew's Church</a> in Chew Stoke. In the period from 1698 to 1723, Edward was responsible for the casting of 67 bells for churches all over <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Edward_Bilbie_II_(1694–1726)"><span id="Edward_Bilbie_II_.281694.E2.80.931726.29"></span>Edward Bilbie II (1694–1726)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Edward Bilbie II (1694–1726)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The eldest son of Edward I learnt bell making from his father, but died only a few months after him and never had the chance to produce his own work.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thomas_Bilbie_(1702–1778)"><span id="Thomas_Bilbie_.281702.E2.80.931778.29"></span>Thomas Bilbie (1702–1778)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Thomas Bilbie (1702–1778)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edward I's younger son Thomas took over the bell and clock making businesses in 1725, completing contracts already agreed, and traveling further for new ones. One of his largest commissions was for the "Great Bell" at <a href="/wiki/Yeovil" title="Yeovil">Yeovil</a> which was recast from 4,502 pounds (2,042 kg; 321.6 st) to 4,992 lb (2,264 kg; 356.6 st). In 1742 he gained a contract to cast bells for the church at <a href="/wiki/Cullompton" title="Cullompton">Cullompton</a>, Devon. In 1746 he set up a bell making foundry there known as the "West of England Church Bellfoundry" so that he could expand the business south and west of Somerset, and reduce the transportation problems from the original foundry.<sup id="cite_ref-cullompton_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cullompton-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1725 and 1768 he was responsible for 350 bells in churches in Somerset, Devon, Bristol, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>, with one in <a href="/wiki/Caernarfon" title="Caernarfon">Caernarfon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Edward_Bilbie_1716_–_1786"><span id="Edward_Bilbie_1716_.E2.80.93_1786"></span>Edward Bilbie 1716 – 1786</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Edward Bilbie 1716 – 1786"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edward Bilbie continued the family bell founding tradition, making several bells, including one for the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter,_Catcott" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of St Peter, Catcott">Church of St Peter</a> in <a href="/wiki/Catcott" title="Catcott">Catcott</a>, Somerset.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thomas_Bilbie_II_of_Cullompton_(1727–1780)"><span id="Thomas_Bilbie_II_of_Cullompton_.281727.E2.80.931780.29"></span>Thomas Bilbie II of Cullompton (1727–1780)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Thomas Bilbie II of Cullompton (1727–1780)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his father Thomas's creation of the second foundry in Cullompton, Thomas II or Thomas Bilbie Junior cast bells for most of the churches in Devon, providing a total of 237 between 1754 and 1780.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abraham_Bilbie_(1729–1773)"><span id="Abraham_Bilbie_.281729.E2.80.931773.29"></span>Abraham Bilbie (1729–1773)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Abraham Bilbie (1729–1773)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abraham took over the business in Chew Stoke from his father Thomas for five years, during which time he was responsible for 35 bells including <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_bells" title="Ring of bells">rings</a> of six for <a href="/wiki/South_Wraxall" title="South Wraxall">South Wraxall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winscombe" title="Winscombe">Winscombe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portishead,_Somerset" title="Portishead, Somerset">Portishead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="William_Bilbie_(1730–1789)"><span id="William_Bilbie_.281730.E2.80.931789.29"></span>William Bilbie (1730–1789)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: William Bilbie (1730–1789)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William was the third son of Thomas and was in charge of the Chew Stoke foundry from 1775–1790, during which time he produced 79 bells.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="John_Bilbie_of_Axbridge_(1736–1767)"><span id="John_Bilbie_of_Axbridge_.281736.E2.80.931767.29"></span>John Bilbie of Axbridge (1736–1767)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: John Bilbie of Axbridge (1736–1767)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Bilbie had a workshop in <a href="/wiki/Axbridge" title="Axbridge">Axbridge</a> where he made longcase clocks. An example can be seen in the <a href="/wiki/King_John%27s_Hunting_Lodge,_Axbridge" title="King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge">King John's Hunting Lodge</a> Museum.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Edward_Bilbie_IV_(1766–1796)"><span id="Edward_Bilbie_IV_.281766.E2.80.931796.29"></span>Edward Bilbie IV (1766–1796)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Edward Bilbie IV (1766–1796)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edward Bilbie made longcase clocks which were known for their engraved decoration to the dial centre.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thomas_Webb_Bilbie_(1758–1829)_and_James_Fear_Bilbie_(1763–1819)"><span id="Thomas_Webb_Bilbie_.281758.E2.80.931829.29_and_James_Fear_Bilbie_.281763.E2.80.931819.29"></span>Thomas Webb Bilbie (1758–1829) and James Fear Bilbie (1763–1819)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Thomas Webb Bilbie (1758–1829) and James Fear Bilbie (1763–1819)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas and James were unable to adapt the business and compete with increasing competition. The Chew Stoke bell foundry declined, casting 25 bells between 1791 and 1811.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thomas_Castleman_Bilbie_of_Cullompton_(1758–1813)"><span id="Thomas_Castleman_Bilbie_of_Cullompton_.281758.E2.80.931813.29"></span>Thomas Castleman Bilbie of Cullompton (1758–1813)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Thomas Castleman Bilbie of Cullompton (1758–1813)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas Castleman Bilbie was the fourth generation of bellfounders and continued the business in Cullompton, casting 198 bells between 1781 and 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-bilbiebook_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilbiebook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilbie_family&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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