Grid Reference:-
151/198522
Postcode:
CV37 8HT
Bell Audio:-
Hear the bells
Guild Affiliation:-
Coventry DG
Peals Rung Here:-
Felstead Database
Sunday Ringing:-
10.30 (2,3 & 4)
18.00 (5)
Practice Night:-
Not known
History Of The Bells
This church was transferred into the Coventry Diocese on 1/5/01. It was formerly in the Diocese of Gloucester.
In 1771 Matthew Bagley, the last of the line of Bagley bellfounders, cast a ring of 5 for this church. The tenor, 7-3-6, cracked before the bells were installed and it was subsequently recast by Bagley, the tenor then becoming 8-0-14.
The composite frame and fittings for the back five are by Barwell of Birmingham - 1904, with ball bearings fitted by Taylors in 1946. The treble hangs above the others in a separate lowsided frame provided in 1946. At the same time the bells were tuned. The two trebles were cast without canons; the back 4 retain their canons.
The village itself was transferred to Warwickshire from Gloucestershire in 1931. There is ample parking by the churchyard wall.
Details Of The Bells
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1946 3-2-22 2 Matthew Bagley III, Chipping Norton 1771 4-0-27 3 James Barwell, Birmingham 1904 4-1-09 4 Matthew Bagley III, Chipping Norton 1771 5-0-25 5 Matthew Bagley III, Chipping Norton 1771 5-3-26 6 Matthew Bagley III, Chipping Norton 1773 7-3-02
Photo Gallery
The bellringers on Boxing Day 1901. Back row, left to right:- John Salmon, William Radbourne, Clerk Lively,John Betteridge. Front row:- Will Lively, Enoch Lively, George Lines |
"Shamrock" and Jack Salmon, two bellringers in Clifford Chambers. 1900s |
The Treble on its rider frame |
The Fifth |
The Tenor |