Church Bells of Warwickshire

LONG ITCHINGTON Holy Trinity 4, 8½cwt in A - Unringable

Grid Reference	151/412651
Postcode	CV47 9PN
Recording	None Available
Affiliation	Coventry DG
Peals	None
Sunday	None
Practice	None
Other Information	Unringable

History

This church has a truncated spire, the upper stages having been removed after the steeple was badly damaged in a storm in 1762. The church consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, west tower, north porch, and a vestry. The oldest part of the building is the south aisle, dating from early in the 13th century; the chancel, nave, and tower were built early in the 14th century, a clearstory was added to the nave in the 15th century and at the same time the nave arcade was rebuilt; the porch and vestry are modern. The church was restored in 1928. It is built of small roughly coursed limestone rubble with occasional squared blocks of red sandstone and red sandstone dressings.

The bells are hung in an old oak frame of c.1630, set diagonally in the tower. They are hung for deadrope ringing only, (full-circle, but with no handstroke pull), and have been long derelict. They are all maiden bells. The fittings are of local manufacture and appear to have been made in the early nineteenth century.

Tilley and Walters state that there were "6 bells" here in 1750, however this is not correct. This comes from an unreliable source and, indeed, the frame preceeds this date. They also suggest that the bells were ringable at the time of publication, 1910. They also give the inscriptions:

Details of the Bells

1 Henry Bagley I, Chacombe 1670 5cwt 28.00" 1165.5Hz (D-14c)
2 Hugh Watts II, Leicester 1625 5½cwt 30.50" 1135.0Hz (C#-3c)
3 Henry Bagley I, Chacombe 1649 7cwt 32.00" 1035.0Hz (B-81c)
4 Hugh Watts II, Leicester 1636 8½cwt 35.00" 887.5Hz (A-15c)

Inscriptions

1 HENRY BAGLEY MADE MEE 1670
2 CVM . SONO . SI. NON . VIS VENIRE NVNQVAM . ADPRECES . CVPIES RE 1623
3 HENRY BAGLEY MADE MEE 1649
4 IHS : NAZARENUS DEPRVM : REXIV FILI : DEI MISERERE : MEI 1636