Grid Reference:-
139/109938
Postcode:
B73 5LJ
Bell Audio:-
None Available
Guild Affiliation:-
St Martin's Guild
Peals Rung Here:-
Felstead Database
Sunday Ringing:-
1720 - 1000
Practice Night:-
Wednesday
19-45 - 2100
History Of The Bells
This church was built in 1856/7 and enlarged in 1871. Only the south aisle and the tower survived a major fire in 1964. A modern, smaller, church was built to replace it, incorporating the tower and aisle.
Prior to the installation of the ring there was one bell in the tower. The whole ring was given by Harriet and Charlotte Inston in memory of their father, Thomas at a cost of just under £600, after allowance for the old bell. The cast iron frame and fittings are mainly contemporary with the bells. The tenor was rehung on ball bearings by the local ringers in 1989 and 1993 the rest of the bells were fitted with locally-made gudgeons and ball bearings.
These bells are a rarity in that they are a complete Barwell ring of 8. The only others are at Wolverhampton, Blakenhall and Capetown, Woodstock. They are in F (697Hz) and not F# as is often quoted. They were all cast with flat tops.
Details Of The Bells
1 James Barwell, Birmingham 1906 4-1-09 27.375" 1407.0Hz 2 James Barwell, Birmingham 1906 4-1-11 27.625" 1324.5Hz 3 James Barwell, Birmingham 1906 4-2-00 28.25" 1177.0Hz 4 James Barwell, Birmingham 1906 5-0-24 30.25" 1040.0Hz 5 James Barwell, Birmingham 1906 6-3-06 33.25" 933.0Hz 6 James Barwell, Birmingham 1906 7-2-03 35.00" 877.5Hz 7 James Barwell, Birmingham 1906 9-3-03 39.50" 772.0Hz 8 James Barwell, Birmingham 1906 13-3-14 43.75" 697.0Hz
Photo Gallery
None Available