Grid Reference:-
151/138599
Postcode:
B95 6JB
Bell Audio:-
None Available
Guild Affiliation:-
Coventry DG
Peals Rung Here:-
Felstead Database
Sunday Ringing:-
1045 - 1115
(1st & 3rd + festivals)
Practice Night:-
Wednesday
1930 - 2100
History Of The Bells
Famed as the church where Shakespeare's parents were married in 1557, this is a very pleasant village with a nice ring of bells. The seventeenth century, c.1625. oak frame was extended in 1924 using a cast iron frame sectoin when Charles Carr of Smethwick added a treble to make six. Carr had a country cottage in the village.
Further restoration was undertaken by Taylors in 1957 when the treble was recast. This is the only bell that does not have canons. The four tenors were eighth turned and the second quarter turned. Apart from the bearings, the Carr fittings were reused.
The entrance is from inside the church. The old, rather scary, wooden ladder has recently been replaced by a spiral staircase. Parking is reasonably easy nearby.
Details Of The Bells
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 5-2-17 29.625" 1161.0Hz (D-20c) 2 Thomas Hancox, Walsall 1629 7-0-24 33.25" 1034.0Hz (C-21c) 3 Thomas Hancox, Walsall 1626 7-3-10 33.75" 921.0Hz (Bb-21c) 4 Thomas Hancox, Walsall 1626 9-1-27 35.50" 873.0Hz (A-14c) 5 Worcester Foundry c1410 12-1-17 40.75" 774.0Hz (G-22c) 6 Richard Keene, Woodstock 1681 14-0-14 43.75" 690.0Hz (F-21c)
Photo Gallery
None Available