Going with Bishop Usher's use of dates and generations in the Bible as a guide to the age of the planet or people ie 4004 years which at least was an honest attempt to use the Bible, perhaps a Morris Equivalent could be explored:

1. How many bells do Bampton carry now and how many did they carry in previous times can we extrapolate?
2. How has the length or diameter of sticks changed - will this reveal a max or min for sticks at some starting date?

Sorry I have to go and lie down now

L in C