| Grid Reference | 150/091274 |  |
| Postcode | B49 5AJ | |
| Recording | ||
| Affiliation | Coventry DG | |
| Peals | Felstead Database | |
| Sunday Ringing | Not Known | |
| Practice Night | Thursday 1945 (Ex 1st) | |
| Other Info | Church Website | |
History
Set in a pleasant small town in South-West Warwickshire this is a church that is worth spending some time viewing. The clock face is unusually positioned on the tower. The bells are a nice ring of 8 were effectively a completely new ring when cast by Taylors in 1948.
The mediaeval tower and the five bells which it contained were left untouched when the body of the church was rebuilt in 1729-1733. The recasting of the bells followed soon afterwards, however, and in 1735 Abraham Rudhall II supplied a new ring of six for the church. The weight of the tenor bell is given in the Rudhall catalogue as 10 cwt., and when it was taken down for recasting in November 1947 the bell was found to weigh 9cwt 3qrs 20 lbs. The inscriptions of the Rudhall bells were reproduced in facsimile on the six largest bells of the new ring. The bells are named St. George, Peace, Unity, Concord, Faith, Hope, Charity and St. Nicholas.
Tilley and Walters give the full inscriptons on the ring of 6 in their book, "The Church Bells of Warwickshire"published in 1910:
The entrance is from inside the church. These bells are not normally available for peals. The first one was rung in 1971, and there have only been 3 subsquent to this, the last on in 2002. There is plenty of on-street parking nearby.
Details of the Bells
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 4-0-17 26.00" 1467.0Hz (F#-16c)
2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 4-1-14 26.625" 1381.0Hz (E#-20c)
3 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 4-2-24 28.00" 1229.0Hz (D#-22c)
4 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 5-1-17 30.00" 1101.0Hz (C#-12c)
5 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 6-0-26 32.125" 977.0Hz (B-19c)
6 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 7-0-23 33.50" 923.0Hz (A#-17c)
7 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 9-1-21 37.00" 824.0Hz (G#-14c)
8 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1948 12-2-13 41.125" 733.0Hz (F#-16c)
Previous Ring
1 Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester 1735 29.00"
2 Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester 1735 30.125"
3 Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester 1735 31.50"
4 Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester 1735 34.25"
5 Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester 1735 36.00"
6 Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester 1735 9-3-20 39.25"
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| The church - looking east | The new ring outside thechurch in 1948 with the vicar and the bellringers(?) |
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