Grid Reference:-
151/267490
Postcode:
CV37 7TR
Bell Audio:-
None Available
Guild Affiliation:-
Coventry DG
Peals Rung Here:-
None
Unringable
History Of The Bells
There was a some debate about the ringability or otherwise of these bells. They have been rung in the recent past but were not for the less experienced. The local churchwarden informs me that these bells can now only be chimed. There is plenty of room for a ring of six - all that is needed is a bit of money! There were some slight signs that the parish might do something to the bells in time for the centenary of the church in 2007. However, nothing came of this.
The frame is by John Waters of Kings Sutton, 1803. Fittings also by Waters, but overhauled and partly renewed when the bells and frame were moved from the previous church, dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury, to the present one by George Day of Eye in 1909.
These bells have hung in three different churches - in the mediaeval church in Ettington Park until 1803, in the new church, St Thomas', (tenor recast) on the Stratford Road (built in 1795-8 - the tower still stands) until 1909, and since then in the present church (church 1903, tower 1908-9)
From the Ettington Park Website
"All that remains now are the tower, which is home to rare Horseshoe bats, the walls of the nave, and the chapel which houses the Shirley family's mausoleum, and which can still be used for blessings."
Details Of The Bells
1 Edward Newcombe, Leicester 1595 5½cwt 2 Edward Newcombe, Leicester 1595 7cwt 3 Richard Purdue of Bristol (Banbury?) 1624 8¼cwt 4 John Briant, Hertford 1803 10½cwt 38.75"
Photo Gallery
Ettington, St Thomas of Canterbury the second home of the bells. |
The first home of the bells. |