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Railway signalling bell by Siemens and Halske

Signalling & Telecommunications

Ship's bell, Southern Railway

Railway Shipping

1930

Handbell, Inverness & Aberdeen Junction Railway, brass with wooden handle, engraved 'I & AJR' in black letters, about 1857 to 1865

Handbell, Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1857-1865

Bell from Liverpool Road Station, Manchester

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

c. 1831

Bell from Cable Ship 'Faraday', 1923

Telecommunications

1923

Ship's bell, brass, Great Western Railway, inscribed "Sir Francis Drake 1908", from Twin-Screw Steamship Sir Francis Drake, in addition to tender work also performed passenger excursions along the coast to Torquay during the summer, built by Cammell, Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead, 1908, withdrawn 1953 and broken up 1954.

ship's bell sir francis drake

Railway Shipping

1908

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway/British Railways (Southern Region), inscribed "T.S.S. Canterbury", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Canterbury, constructed for the "Golden Arrow" London-Paris service by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton, 1929, withdrawn and broken up 1964.

ship's bell tss canterbury

Railway Shipping

1929

Signalling block bell, cowbell type, with tapper, Great Western Railway.

Great Western Railway block bell

Signalling & Telecommunications

1838-1948

Ship's bell, brass, Great Eastern Railway/London & North Eastern Railway, inscribed "T.F.1", from the Single-Screw Steamship Train Ferry No 1/Essex Ferry, allocated to the Harwich-Zeebrugge train ferry service, served as HMS Princess Iris during World War II, reopened the Zeebrugge train ferry service in 1946 as Essex Ferry, built by Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, on the Tyne, 1917, withdrawn and broken up 1957 at Grays.

ship's bell train ferry no 1

Railway Shipping

1917

Ship's bell, brass, Great Eastern Railway, inscribed "S.S. Amsterdam", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Amsterdam I, built by Earle's Company Ltd, Hull, 1894 and withdrawn 1928.

Ship's Bell for SS Amsterdam

Railway Shipping

1894

Bell, Great Western Railway, embossed 2-4-0 locomotive surmounted by the initials 'GWR' and below '1865', from Swindon Works.

Bell, Great Western Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1865

Bell, brass, London & North Western Railway, ex Euston Station, mounted on wooden base with brass plaque attached "Euston Bell - This bell was used to indicate the platform for all the trains arriving on the east side of the station, from 1892 to October 1952, but was dispensed with when the new power signalbox was brought into use with the new train arrival bureau, it was also used for air raid warning during the Second World War".

Euston station bell

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1892

Bell, London Chatham & Dover Railway and South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway, embossed around the base 'Warner & Sons London 1870', number 23, removed from Sydenham Hill Signal Box in 1953.

Railway bell, Warner & Sons

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1870

Bell for Sinclair line selector, probably made by the National Telephone Company, British, 1880-1890

Bell for Sinclair line selector, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

Brake van bell, ex Queen Street Museum communication demonstration.

Brake van bell, ex Queen Street Museum communication demonstration

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Block bell with tapper, probably North Eastern Railway.

Block bell, North Eastern Railway

Signalling & Telecommunications

Bell, no company markings, embossed '1839', no provenance.

Bell, no company markings, embossed '1839'

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1839

Bell, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, embossed 'N&CR' 1857, no provenance.

Bell, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1857

Bell, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway and Great Central Railway, no markings, with bracket, ex Dunford Bridge Halt Signal Box.

Bell, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway and Great Central Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Bell, Great Western Railway, embossed '1852', removed from the roof of St. Blazey Motive Power Shed, assumed to have been mounted on the roof by the former Cornish Mineral Railway Company as a fire bell.

Station bell, Great Western Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1852

Ship's bell, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'BRIGHTON 1878', ex Paddle Steamer Brighton III, built J. Elder & Co., Govan, 1878.

brighton ship bell

Railway Shipping

1878

Bell, brass, embossed '1823', taken from The Griffin Inn, Oxford Street, London, otherwise known as 'The Green Man & Still'.

Brass bell, The Griffin Inn

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1823

Bell, Monk's Ferry Station Birkenhead, with bracket embossed 'Woodside Steamer 1846' from Bangor.

Bell, Monk's Ferry Station Birkenhead

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1846

Bell, with frame, Cambrian Railways, station warning bell from Builth Road Signal box, mouth of bell 380mm in diameter.

Bell, Cambrian Railways

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Bell, no markings, with bracket and chain, no provenance.

Bell, no markings, with bracket and chain

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Station bell and bracket, Eastern Counties Railway, brass with ECR in relief, ex lineman's hut, March, bracket ornamental ironwork painted black.

Station bell and bracket, Eastern Counties Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Shunters Bell;

Shunters Bell

Signalling & Telecommunications

Ships's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Autocarrier", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Autocarrier, allocated to the Dover-Calais route, built by Messrs. D & W Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow, 1931, withdrawn and broken up 1954.

ship's bell autocarrier

Railway Shipping

1931

Alarm bell, coal mining.

Coal Mining

Bell with missing cover (blue)

Coal Mining

Bell with cover (blue)

Coal Mining

Station Bell, brass, Norwich & Spalding Railway, embossed 'N & S Railway 1839' [1859] with bracket.

Station bell, Norwich & Spalding Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1859

Bell, Stockton & Darlington Railway, brass, marked 1831. Overall: 225 mm x 240 mm.

Brass station bell, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1831

Station bell, London & Birmingham Railway, brass bell on metal bracket mounted on backboard. ex Curzon St. Station, Birmingham.

Station bell, London & Birmingham Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Ship's bell, brass, Great Western Railway, inscribed "Pembroke", from the Paddle Steamship/Twin-Screw Steamship Pembroke, allocated to the Irish service from Milford, converted in 1895, transferred to Weymouth and ran on the Channel Islands service, built by Laird Bros, 1880, withdrawn and broken up 1925.

ship's bell pembroke

Railway Shipping

1880

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed 'Fishbourne', with rope, from the Double Twin-Screw Motor Vessel Fishbourne, allocated to the vehicular ferry service between Portsmouth and Fishbourne, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton, 1927, withdrawn 1961.

Brass ship's bell, Southern Railway - Fishbourne

Railway Shipping

1929

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed 'Haslemere', from the Single-Screw Steamship Haslemere, based at Southampton, built by Messrs. D & W Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow, 1925, withdrawn and broken up 1959.

Brass ship's bell, Southern Railway - 'Haslemere'

Railway Shipping

1925

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Hythe" very faintly, no clapper, from the Twin-Screw Cargo Steamship Hythe II, allocated to Dover and Folkestone, built by Messrs. D & W Henderson, Meadowside Yard, Glasgow, 1925, withdrawn and broken up 1956.

ship's bell hythe

Railway Shipping

1925

Bell, Stockton & Darlington Railway, with bracket, ex North Road Passenger Station, Darlington.

Bell, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Ship's bell, brass, British Railways (Southern Region), inscribed 'Maid of Orleans', on softwood stand, from the Twin-Screw Steamship Maid of Orleans, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton, 1948, withdrawn 1976.

Brass ship's bell, British Railways (Southern Region) - 'Maid of Orleans'

Railway Shipping

1948

Engine bell, tender mounted, ex Queen Street Museum communication demonstration.

Engine bell, tender mounted, ex Queen Street Museum

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

'ATM' extension bell, c. 1938.

Coal Mining

1938 c.

'ATE' bell

Coal Mining

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Isle of Sark", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Isle of Sark, allocated to the Channel Islands service, built by Wm. Denny & Bros, Dumbarton, 1932, withdrawn 1960 and broken up 1961.

ship's bell isle of sark

Railway Shipping

1932

Ship's bell, brass, London & North Western Railway/Southern Railway, inscribed 'Hantonia', from the Twin-Screw Steamship Hantonia, allocated to the Southampton-Le Havre route and reopened the Southanmpton-Channel Islands service after World War II, built by Messrs. Fairfield Shipping & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan, 1911, withdrawn and broken up 1952.

Brass ship's bell, London & North Western Railway and Southern Railway - 'Hantonia'

Railway Shipping

1911

Benjamin Bell's bow-frame metalcarpal saw, c. 1790

Surgery

Metal bell, from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Asian Medicine

1986

Bell, North Eastern Railway, no markings, with bracket, ex Robin Hoods Bay Station.

Bell, North Eastern Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed 'Isle of Thanet', clapper missing, from the Twin-Screw Steamship Isle of Thanet, allocated to Folkestone and Dover, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton, 1925, withdrawn 1963 and broken up 1964.

Brass ship's bell, Southern Railway - 'Isle of Thanet'

Railway Shipping

1925

Bell, bronze, by J. Warner & Sons, London, 1858, in oak frame, incorporating brass label and original builders plaque from The Farm, Sheffield, built 1858 for the Duke of Norfolk and bought by the Midland Railway in 1899, used as railway offices until 1965.

Bronze bell in oak frame

Railway Furniture

1858