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Grid Reference:-
151/198522
Hear the bells
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History Of The Bells
There are two bells here, which are ringable. Hung on one level. Treble sounds note E and the tenor Bb. Frame and fittings by Taylors, 1933 at which time the treble was retuned. No1 Bell unmarked. No2 "CELOMUN CHRISTE PLATIAT TIBI REX SONUS ISTE 1616"
Details Of The Bells
1 Unknown c1350 3-2-14 26.375"
2 Hugh Watts, Leicester 1616 7-0-23 34.00"
The Bells
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The Treble
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The Tenor
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The climb up to the bells
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The nave, looking east
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The nave, looking west.
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The following table lists Single bells that are or were hung for ringing. This list is very likely to have a number of inaccuracies/omissions, especially with regard to ringability!
Most of this information has been supplied by Chris Pickford, to whom thanks are given.
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| Barton on the Heath |
8cwt in an iron frame |
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| Baxterley, Unknown dedication |
3½cwt - Blews 1875. Bell hangs in lower tier of 2 bell Barwell frame. The upper frame has always been empty. |
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| Binton, St Peter |
4cwt - Henry Bagley 1669. Roped for deadrope ringing |
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| Birdingbury, St Leonard |
32.5", 6½cwt 1019Hz (C-46c) - Edward(?) Newcombe 1615. Canons retained
and it has not been turned - also a sanctus bell, 15¼",
¾cwt, 2007Hz (B+27c)- Pack & Chapman 1774. |
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| Birmingham, St Luke |
7-3-17 in B, Mears 1842, Barwell fittings of 1903. |
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| Birmingham, St Peter |
Barwell 1902, 50½", 21-0-24 in Eb. Barwell's biggest bell? Removing the chiming hammer and some repair work to the wheel would make this bell ringable |
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| Birmingham, St Patrick (R.C.) |
Charles Carr 1894, 28.375", 4-3-0 in Eb. Ringable. |
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| Birmington SS Barnabas & Nicholas |
5cwt, Edward Newcombe 1592 |
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| Compton Wynyates |
8-1-11 in Bb W & J Taylor 1847, 36". Rehung, still for ringing by Taylors in 2004/5. |
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| Coventry,St Anne |
5-0-24, 28.875" 1931 Taylors - hung for "balanced swinging" |
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| Coventry, St Francis of Assisi, North Radford |
This church was built in 1958 to replace one damaged in WWII. It has a single bell, Taylor 1958 - 2-2-14 in Eb, 23.875", that is hung for ringing between two girders. |
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| Coventry, St Osburg (R.C.) |
c13½cwt by J Murphy of Dublin, 1851. Unringable, has been chimed via a rope around the clapper for many years, probably since 1890 when a (now removed) chime of 8 tubular bells, by Harrington, Latham & Co., was placed in the tower |
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| Coventry, St Peter, Charles Street, Harnall |
7-1-7 in Bb, 34.00" C A G Mears, 1853. Ringable until bell removed
and used in the casting of two trebles for Lighthorne (q.v.) |
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| Eastern Green, St Andrew |
2½cwt, G#, 22.125" Barwell 1872 |
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| Edgbaston St George |
2-3-17 in Bb |
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| Edgbaston St James |
8-1-13 in A# |
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| Glascote, St George |
5-2-25, Mears and Stainbank, 1879, 29.00". |
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| Great Alne |
5cwt by John Martin 1670 |
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| Great Packington |
15cwt by John Briant. Barwell fittings, in good order. Rehung by Barwell in early C20. |
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| Hall Green, The Ascension |
J Smith, Edgbaston, 1704 4.25cwt, 28½" in C#. C18 fittings with some local repairs |
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| Hall Green, St Peter |
J Taylor, 1964, 32¾" 7-0-21 in B. The tenor of a ring of 8. |
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| Hampton Lucy, St Peter |
17-0-9, unringable, previously a ring of 5 in the old church, q.v. |
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| Hartshill, Holy Trinity |
3-2-19, C & G Mears, 1847, 25.125" |
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| Idlicote, St James |
3½cwt, Henry Bagley I, 1656, 25.50" |
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| Kenilworth, St Augustine of England (RC) |
0-3-22, Taylor, 1849 16.50" |
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| Kings Heath, All Saints |
Barwell 1874 28¾" in Eb - derelict |
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| Kinwarton, SMV |
2cwt, Sanders of Bromsgrove, 1715, 21.00" |
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| Ladywood St John |
1-2-21 in C# |
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| Long Marston, St James the Great |
7-0-24 in B, John Rudhall 1829, 32.50" |
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| Newbold on Stour |
2½cwt in A W & J Taylor, 1835. hung in an early iron frame |
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| Nuthurst cum Hockley Heath, St Thomas |
4-0-14 in Ab, Barwell 1880, 26.125" |
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| Saltley St Saviour |
2½cwt in Eb. Barwell, 1911 22.875". Transferred in 1979 from St Basil, Deritend, Birmingham. Believed to be ringable. |
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| Selly Hill St Stephen |
5cwt in E. Barwell 1870 29.50" |
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| Shuttington, St Matthew |
4-2-0 George Oldfield 1664, 28.875" |
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| Sparkbrook Ch Ch |
2.5cwt in Ab |
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| Sparkbrook, St Agatha |
8.5cwt in A - no wheel? |
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| Stockingford,St Paul |
3¼cwt in F Thomas Mears II 1823. |
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| Stretton on Fosse,St Peter |
½cwt in B T Mears II 1841 23.75" |
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| Temple Grafton |
½cwt by John Martin 1661, believed to be ringable. |
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| Warwick, Lord Leycester Hospital Chapel |
2¾cwt, Richard Sanders? 1721 - no ground pulley or stay/slider |
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| Warwick, School, Myton Rd |
1-1-5, unknown founder 1730 19.00". Rehung by Taylors in 1976 |
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| Weddington |
2¾cwt Abraham Rudhall 1703 23.00" |
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| Weston on Avon, All Saints |
7cwt probably cast at Leicester in mid C15 |
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| Whitchurch, St Mary |
8cwt in A, thought to be cast in Warwick - 3 bells in 1552. |
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| Wolfampcote |
Although partially restored in 1848 and again in 1903, the church fell into disuse in the early Twentieth century and it was abandoned in the 1950s. It was saved from ruin by the Friends of Friendless Churches and, after formal redundancy in 1970, finally vested in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust (then the Redundant Churches Fund) in 1972
Larger bell 41½" 12-2-21, F#+25c, (751.0Hz) probably cast in London around 1450. In an oak frame in the centre of the tower. Fittings supplied
by J Taylor in 1975. It has been quarter turned. Also a smaller bell 2-1-16,
G#+17c (1678.5Hz), Pack & Chapman of London, 1780 hung for swing chiming.
It has not been turned. It had been
stolen in the early 1970s before being recovered and rehung.
Inside of Church Previous Headstock
The Chiming Bell The Ringing Bell
The Ringing Bell2 |
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