SHIRLEY* St James 8, 6-1-1 in Bb
| Grid Reference | 139/119788 |  |
| Postcode | B90 2BA | |
| Recording | ||
| Affiliation | St Martin's Guild | |
| Peals | Felstead Database | |
| Sunday | 0915-1000 | |
| Practice | Thursday 1945-2115 |
History
The church was built in 1831 as a Chapel of Ease to Solihull, and equipped with one bell, cast by John Rudhall and weighing 1-3-9. The church became a parish church in its own right in 1843. In 1854 the existing bell was replaced by a ring of four bells, costing £209/5/9, augmented in an extended frame within the year to five at a cost of £45/10/-.
The existing five bells were rehung in a new cast iron lowside frame, quarter turned and augmented to six by Taylors in 1929. The canons were also removed at this time. The frame was then further extended when two new trebles were added in 1946-7, again by Taylors. The Taylor bells were all cast with flat tops.
The church, being unusual in that the tower is at the east end of the building, is on the main street in Shirley and there is a large public car park on the north side of the church.
Details of the Bells
Weight prior
to retuning
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1946 3-0-02 22.625" 1835.0Hz (Bb-26c)
2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1946 3-1-20 23.625" 1733.0Hz (A-27c)
3 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1929 3-3-01 25.00" 1543.0Hz (G-28c)
4 C. & G. Mears, Whitechapel 1855 3-2-08 26.00" 1374.0Hz (F-29c)
5 C. & G. Mears, Whitechapel 1854 4-1-17 4-0-21 28.125" 1222.0Hz (Eb-32c)
6 C. & G. Mears, Whitechapel 1854 4-2-09 4-1-12 29.00" 1155.0Hz (D-29c)
7 C. & G. Mears, Whitechapel 1854 5-0-24 4-3-25 31.00" 1030.0Hz (C-28c)
8 C. & G. Mears, Whitechapel 1854 6-2-02 6-1-01 34.375" 918.5Hz (Bb-26c)
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