Grid Reference:-
138/070876
Postcode:
B4 6EU
Bell Audio:-
None Available
Guild Affiliation:-
St Martin's Guild
Peals Rung Here:-
Felstead
Database
Sunday Ringing:-
1200 - 1220
Practice Night:-
None
History Of The Bells
The foundation stone of this Pugin cathedral was laid in 1839 and consecrated in 1841.
The bells are in the left, or North-West tower. They hand in a two tier frame, with 3, 4 and 5 on top. By the consecration Taylors had suppled a 17cwt bell. It was hung in the North-West tower, not as is sometimes said, the other tower. This bell was used for its metal when a new ring of 5, tenor 13-3-11 was supplied from the Whitechapel foundry in 1849. Blews augmented these bells to 8 in 1877. Though there was a quote from Carrs in 1939 for rehanging these bells the authorities were persuaded to replace them with a completely new ring. These were duly cast in 1939 and blessed in 1940. They are a fine example of their founder's art and are popular for peals, especially of Stedman.
(Most of the above information is quoted directly (with permission) from the research notes of Chris Pickford)
Details Of The Bells
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1939 4-1-18 26.625" 1384.0Hz (F-16c) 2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1939 4-2-24 27.625" 1305.5Hz (E-17c) 3 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1939 5-0-26 29.00" 1163.0Hz (D-17c) 4 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1939 5-3-26 31.00" 1037.0Hz (C-16c) 5 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1939 6-3-10 33.625" 923.0Hz (Bb-16c) 6 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1939 8-0-26 35.50" 872.0Hz (A-16c) 7 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1939 10-2-25 39.125" 776.5Hz (G-17c) 8 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1939 15-3-06 44.06" 692.0Hz (F-16c)
Details Of The Previous Bells
1 William Blews & Sons, Birmingham 1877 4-3-14 27.875" 2 William Blews & Sons, Birmingham 1877 4-3-17 28.50" 3 William Blews & Sons, Birmingham 1877 5-0-7 29.50" 4 C & G Mears, London 1849 6-0-15 32.00" 5 C & G Mears, London 1849 6-1-3 34.00" 6 C & G Mears, London 1849 7-3-3 36.00" 7 C & G Mears, London 1849 9-2-27 39.50" 8 C & G Mears, London 1849 13-2-25 43.00" 692.0Hz (F-16c)
Photo Gallery
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