Grid Reference:-
140/317825
Postcode:
CV6 2PD
Bell Audio:-
None Available
Guild Affiliation:-
Coventry DG
Peals Rung Here:-
Felstead Database
Sunday Ringing:-
1000 - 1030
Practice Night:-
Tuesday
1900 (Check)
History Of The Bells
Quite close to Coventry City Centre but not actually in Coventry, St Thomas' church is a red sandstone building right by the main road out to Fillongley, the B4098, and eventually Tamworth - hence it is on the Tamworth Road. (The church is called, for some reason, Brownshill Green in Ron Johnson's Atlas of Bells. Brownshill Green being the neighbouring part of Coventry).
The bells were a slightly heavier ring of five until they were recast and rehung into the lightest ring in the Diocese by Taylors in 1980/1. They are now in a two tier frame - the fourth on top. Dove says that the bells are in the key of D, but the bell weights card from Taylors says Eb. The tenor is actually 1196Hz (D plus 32 cents).
The old bells were all by C & G Mears, 1848 - a ring of five, tenor 6-1-10 in Bb. They were rehung by Mears & Stainbank in 1898 and 1930.
Pleasant to hear and easy to ring. Enter by the tower door. Parking is slightly tricky. A few cars can park half on/half off the pavement on the road by the tower, otherwise try the road at the back of the church.
Details Of The Bells
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1980 1-2-00 18.75" 2010.0Hz (B+36c) 2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1980 1-3-08 20.00" 1794.0Hz (A+33c) 3 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1980 2-0-12 21.50" 1596.0Hz (G+31c) 4 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1980 2-1-22 22.375" 1507.0Hz (F#+31c) 5 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1980 2-3-08 24.50" 1340.0Hz (E+28c) 6 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1980 3-3-10 26.25" 1196.0Hz (D+31c)
Details Of The Previous Ring
1 C & G Mears, London 1848 3-1-21 24.75" 2 C & G Mears, London 1848 3-2-03 26.50" 3 C & G Mears, London 1848 4-1-14 28.00" 4 C & G Mears, London 1848 4-1-24 29.50" 5 C & G Mears, London 1848 6-1-10 32.75"
Photo Gallery
The church looking east. |