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:-
None
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 "new" bellw were cast without canons; the others retain their canons. The Bagley bells are "listed".
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 |