Grid Reference:-
140/391867
Postcode:
CV12 9PZ
Bell Audio:-
Hear the bells
Guild Affiliation:-
Coventry DG
Peals Rung Here:-
Felstead Database
Sunday Ringing:-
0930 - 1000
1800 - 1830
Practice Night:-
Tuesday
1930 - 2100
History Of The Bells
On the main street of this large village, St James church is another that is worth spending a while examining before you ring. The bells were rehung in an eight-bell frame in 1924 - the empty pits being filled in 1948. The old bells have had their canons removed and the Taylor bells were cast with flat tops. One of the late ringers at St James built the platform on which the organ now stands.
The tower rocks noticeably when the bells are rung and to counteract this there has been a plan to remove the old tenor, this will be left as a clock bell, and the ring re-modelled using the 7th as the tenor and hung lower in the tower. Currently little, if anything, is occurring in this direction.
Entrance is from inside at the base of the tower and there is a church car park just to the west of the tower.
Details Of The Bells
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 4-0-11 25.625" 1532.0Hz (G-40c) 2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 4-0-13 26.00" 1444.0Hz (F#-43c) 3 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1924 4-2-08 27.125" 1286.0Hz (E-43c) 4 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1924 5-1-08 29.00" 1146.0Hz (D-43c) 5 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1924 5-3-26 31.50" 1020.0Hz (C-44c) 6 Newcombe, Leicester 1605 5-3-27 33.00" 964.0Hz (B-42c) 7 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1924 9-3-24 37.25" 859.0Hz (A-42c) 8 Newcombe, Leicester C16th 12-1-23 42.00" 764.0Hz (G-45c)
Photo Gallery
The 4 bells removed from the tower in 1924 |