RUDHALL. A family of bell founders of this name carried on business in Bell Lane, Gloucester, from 1648 until late in the 18th century. Its successive members were Abraham, sen., Abraham, jun., Abel, Thomas, and John. From catalogues published by them it appears that from 1648 to Lady day, 1751, they had cast 2972 bells ‘for sixteen cities
’ and other places ‘in forty-four several counties,
’ and at Lady day 1774 the number had increased to 3594. The principal metropolitan...
