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BADDESLEY ENSOR St Nicholas 2, 14-2-11 in F Unringable

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140/270985

History Of The Bells

The smaller bell hung in the previous Norman church and was transferred when the new church was built in 1846. The tower is over the South Transept, or vestry, and, unusually, the stairs to the tower also give access to the pulpit. The larger bell was provided for the new church. It swings north-south in an oak frame in the centre of the tower provided by the founder in 1846. The cost of this bell was £106/19/9. It sounds a note between F and E natural. The smaller bell is hung to the east of the larger bell. There is a large piece missing from the soundbow of the smaller bell. The smaller bell cannot be rung and it is thought to be inadvisable to ring the larger bell.

Details Of The Bells

1   Joseph Smith, Edgbaston      1706   2½cwt          1020.5Hz (C-44c)
2   C  & G Mears, London         1846   14-2-11 in F    682.5Hz (F-40c)

The smaller bell

The Larger Bell

GUY'S CLIFFE HOUSE Chapel 2, 2½cwt

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History Of The Bells

These bells hang between separate pairs of wooden beams bwtween the East and West walls of the tower, with the treble above the tenor. The fittings of the treble are C18 and that of the tenor contemporary with the bell. Both bells retain their canons.

Details Of The Bells

1   Mathew Bagley, Chacombe      1688   1¾cwt   19.00"
2   W Blews and Son, Birmingham  1875   2½cwt   22.50"

HASELOR St Mary 2, 6cwt in Bb

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151/124578

History Of The Bells

These bells are thought to be unringable. The treble is a recast of a bell cast in 1662 by Henry Bagley I of Chacombe. It has no canons, unlike the tenor that retains its canons. They hang in a massive frame for 3 bells. There is evidence that the empty pit was once filled by a larger bell than the existing two. Fittings by Barwell.

Details Of The Bells

1   James Barwell, Birmingham    1902   5-0-26
2   Newcombe, Leicester          1610   6cwt   33.00"

LEAMINGTON SPA St John the Baptist, Tachbrook Street 2, 5cwt in C#

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151/321645

History Of The Bells

The church was built between 1876 and 1889, the tower and spire on the north side being built last. It is actually on the corner of St John's Terrace and Hitchman Road. The bells came from North Piddle in Worcestershire where the church had been rebuilt in 1876. Both bells have canons and have not been quarter turned.

Details Of The Bells

 
1   John Martin, Worcester     1676   4¼cwt   27.125"
2   Abel Rudhall, Gloucester   1745   5cwt    29.375"

LOXLEY St Nicholas 2, 5cwt

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History Of The Bells

These bells were once a three, but the tenor was sent to be recast and never came back. The tenor was hung for swing chiming by Taylors in 1962 when the smaller bell, 28" in diameter, was placed on the church floor

Details Of The Bells

 
1   Appowell, Buckingham? 
2   Hugh Watts, Leicester  1632   5-2-13 in B

MAXSTOKE St Michael 2, 3½cwt in D

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139/235868

History Of The Bells

These are hung for ringing in the western tower. The bellframe was installed in 1772 and the fittings appear to be contemporary with the frame.

Details Of The Bells

 
1   Thomas Hancox, Walsall     1631    2¾cwt in F#   23.25"
2   Hugh Watts II, Leicester   1641    3½cwt in D    32.625"

MOSELEY St Agnes 2, 10-2-22 in Ab

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History Of The Bells

The grillage is in place to allow the addition of a further 6 bells. These bells are believed to be ringable.

Details Of The Bells

 
1   John Taylor, Loughborough    1921   3-2-18 in Eb
2   John Taylor, Loughborough    1921  10-2-22 in Ab

OVER WHITACRE 2, 7-0-23 in Bb

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151/198522

Hear the bells

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

The Treble

The Tenor

The climb up to the bells

The nave, looking east

The nave, looking west.

OTHER TOWERS

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.

Place	Details	Photo
Barton on the Heath	8cwt in an iron frame
Baxterley, Unknown dedication	3½cwt - Blews 1875. Bell hangs in lower tier of 2 bell Barwell frame. The upper frame has always been empty.
Binton, St Peter	4cwt - Henry Bagley 1669. Roped for deadrope ringing
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.
Birmingham, St Luke	7-3-17 in B, Mears 1842, Barwell fittings of 1903.
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
Birmingham, St Patrick (R.C.)	Charles Carr 1894, 28.375", 4-3-0 in Eb. Ringable.
Birmington SS Barnabas & Nicholas	5cwt, Edward Newcombe 1592
Compton Wynyates	8-1-11 in Bb W & J Taylor 1847, 36". Rehung, still for ringing by Taylors in 2004/5.
Coventry,St Anne	5-0-24, 28.875" 1931 Taylors - hung for "balanced swinging"
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.
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
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.)
Eastern Green, St Andrew	2½cwt, G#, 22.125" Barwell 1872
Edgbaston St George	2-3-17 in Bb
Edgbaston St James	8-1-13 in A#
Glascote, St George	5-2-25, Mears and Stainbank, 1879, 29.00".
Great Alne	5cwt by John Martin 1670
Great Packington	15cwt by John Briant. Barwell fittings, in good order. Rehung by Barwell in early C20.
Hall Green, The Ascension	J Smith, Edgbaston, 1704 4.25cwt, 28½" in C#. C18 fittings with some local repairs
Hall Green, St Peter	J Taylor, 1964, 32¾" 7-0-21 in B. The tenor of a ring of 8.
Hampton Lucy, St Peter	17-0-9, unringable, previously a ring of 5 in the old church, q.v.
Hartshill, Holy Trinity	3-2-19, C & G Mears, 1847, 25.125"
Idlicote, St James	3½cwt, Henry Bagley I, 1656, 25.50"
Kenilworth, St Augustine of England (RC)	0-3-22, Taylor, 1849 16.50"
Kings Heath, All Saints	Barwell 1874 28¾" in Eb - derelict
Kinwarton, SMV	2cwt, Sanders of Bromsgrove, 1715, 21.00"
Ladywood St John	1-2-21 in C#
Long Marston, St James the Great	7-0-24 in B, John Rudhall 1829, 32.50"
Newbold on Stour	2½cwt in A W & J Taylor, 1835. hung in an early iron frame
Nuthurst cum Hockley Heath, St Thomas	4-0-14 in Ab, Barwell 1880, 26.125"
Saltley St Saviour	2½cwt in Eb. Barwell, 1911 22.875". Transferred in 1979 from St Basil, Deritend, Birmingham. Believed to be ringable.
Selly Hill St Stephen	5cwt in E. Barwell 1870 29.50"
Shuttington, St Matthew	4-2-0 George Oldfield 1664, 28.875"
Sparkbrook Ch Ch	2.5cwt in Ab
Sparkbrook, St Agatha	8.5cwt in A - no wheel?
Stockingford,St Paul	3¼cwt in F Thomas Mears II 1823.
Stretton on Fosse,St Peter	½cwt in B T Mears II 1841 23.75"
Temple Grafton	½cwt by John Martin 1661, believed to be ringable.
Warwick, Lord Leycester Hospital Chapel	2¾cwt, Richard Sanders? 1721 - no ground pulley or stay/slider
Warwick, School, Myton Rd	1-1-5, unknown founder 1730 19.00". Rehung by Taylors in 1976
Weddington	2¾cwt Abraham Rudhall 1703 23.00"
Weston on Avon, All Saints	7cwt probably cast at Leicester in mid C15
Whitchurch, St Mary	8cwt in A, thought to be cast in Warwick - 3 bells in 1552.
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