Bells may refer to:
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Bell, a musical instrument
Places
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Bells, North Carolina
Bells is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, located south of Farrington. It lies at an elevation of 226 feet (69 m).
Two sites in the town of Bells are listed on the National Register of Historic Place ...
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Bells, Tennessee
Bells is a city in Crockett County, Tennessee. The population was 2,437 at the 2010 census.
History
Bells was established in the late 1820s on land acquired by brothers John and William Bell. When a city was founded on this land in 1855, it was g ...
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Bells, Texas
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Bells Beach, Victoria
Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc.
It is named after William Bell ...
, an internationally famous surf beach in Australia
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Bells Corners, Ontario
Bells Corners is a suburban neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located along Richmond Road west of downtown, within Ottawa's western Greenbelt, in College Ward. As of the Canada 2016 Census, the community had a population of 9, ...
Music
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Bells, directly struck percussion instruments
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Glockenspiel
The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone.
The glo ...
, also known as bells
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The Bells (band), a Canadian rock band from the 1970s
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''Bells'' (album), an album by Albert Ayler
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''The Bells'' (Lou Reed album), an album by Lou Reed
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The Bells (symphony)
''The Bells'' (russian: Колокола, ''Kolokola''), Op. 35, is a choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1913 and premiered in St Petersburg on 30 November that year under the composer's baton. The words are from the poem '' The ...
, or in Russian "Kolokola," a choral work by Rachmaninov based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe
*"Bells", a song by Fred Wesley and Horny Horns from the album ''
The Final Blow
''The Final Blow'' is a compilation album by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns. The album first released on the P-Vine record label in 1994, then on the Sequel label in the United Kingdom, and the AEM label in the United States. The album is made ...
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Film and television
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"Bells" (''Blackadder''), an episode of the British sitcom ''Blackadder II''
* "Bells", an episode of ''
New Girl''
* ''Bells'', a 1982 Canadian-American film also known as ''
Murder by Phone''
Brands and enterprises
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Bell's Brewery
Bell's Brewery, Inc. is an American craft brewing company, with operations in Comstock and Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bell's brews acclaimed beers such as Hopslam Ale, Oberon Ale, and Two Hearted Ale. It operates a brewpub and a store selling merchand ...
, a brewery in Michigan, United States
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Bell's whisky, a blended whisky
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Bells Stores
Bells Stores Ltd was a chain of 54 convenience shops in North East England. It was owned and run by the Bell family until February 2004, when it was acquired by Sainsbury's, the UK's second largest supermarket chain. Shops were initially refurbis ...
, a defunct convenience store chain formerly operating in North East England
Other uses
* "Bells", nickname of former professional basketball player
Joe Colone
Joseph F. "Bells" Colone (January 23, 1924 – July 1, 2009) was an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks.
Early life
Colone attended Berwick Area Senior High School, Berwick High School in Berwick, Pennsylvania and then ...
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"The Bells" (poem), a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Bells (Old Kingdom Series)
The Old Kingdom, or Abhorsen in North America, is a fantasy series written by Australian author Garth Nix. It originated in 1995 with the novel ''Sabriel'' and has continued in the novels ''Lirael'' (2001), ''Abhorsen'' (2003) and ''Goldenhand'' ...
, sets of magical bells important in Garth Nix's fantasy series
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Bell's theorem, in physics, created by Irish physicist John Stewart Bell
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Bellingham Bells, a team in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League
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Ship's bell
A ship's bell is a bell on a ship that is used for the indication of time as well as other traditional functions. The bell itself is usually made of brass or bronze, and normally has the ship's name engraved or cast on it.
Strikes Timing of s ...
s, used for timekeeping
* The Bells of 1961, a meteorite which fell in Texas, United States (see
Meteorite fall
A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "find". There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in w ...
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See also
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Bel (disambiguation)
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Belis (disambiguation) Belis may refer to:
*Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and ...
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Bell (disambiguation)
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Bell (surname) Bell is a surname common in English speaking countries with several word-origins.
The surname is derived from the Middle English ''bell''. This surname likely originated as an occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker; or else from a topog ...
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Bell House (disambiguation)
Bell House or Bellhouse may refer to:
Places Canada
* Bell House (1910), a notable residence in Nutana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Bellhouse Provincial Park, British Columbia
Ireland
* Bell House (Ireland), part of Cambridge House Grammar ...
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Belle (disambiguation)
Belle may refer to:
* Belle (''Beauty and the Beast'')
* Belle (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Belle (surname), a list of people
Brands and enterprises
* Belle Air, a former airline with headquarters in Tirana, Albania ...
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Paul Revere
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The Bell (disambiguation) The Bell or Die Glocke may refer to:
Media
* The Bell (magazine), ''The Bell'' (magazine), an Irish literary magazine published 1940–1954
* "The Bell", a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
* The Bell (novel), ''The Bell'' (novel), a 1958 novel by Iris ...
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The Bells (disambiguation) The Bells may refer to:
Film and television
*The Bells (1911 film), ''The Bells'' (1911 film), Australian feature-length film
*''The Bells'' (1913 film), directed by Oscar Apfel
*The Bells (1918 film), ''The Bells'' (1918 film), a lost silent dram ...
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