Grid Reference:-
140/404843
Postcode:
CV7 9HW
Bell Audio:-
Hear the bells
Guild Affiliation:-
Coventry DG
Peals Rung Here:-
Felstead Database
Sunday Ringing:-
1030 - 1100
(1 & 3)
1750 - 1830
(2 & 4)
Practice Night:-
Friday
1945 - 2115
History Of The Bells
A church by the crossroads in the village. Nicely kept, it boasts a lovely light ring of 6 cast and hung by Gillett & Johnston in 1925. They replaced a ring of 4, two trebles by Edward Arnold of Leicester, 1796, third by Newcombe of Leicester, 1603 and tenor by John Greene of Worcester, 1614. There is a clapper spring on the tenor and this helps them to resonate nicely. The wheels were replaced in 2000. The bells were cast with flat tops and hang in a cast iron H-frame.
There is a belief that the success of this ring lead to the contract for the Cathedral bells being given to the Croydon foundry.
There are plans to re-order the church, including the provision of a ringing gallery, though a lot of money recently had to be spent on replacing the roof of the church and I am not sure if this scheme is likely to proceed in the near future.
It is probably best to discretely park in the pub car park opposite and then enter the church via the south door.
Details Of The Bells
1 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon 1925 2-2-23 23.00" 1580.0Hz (G+13c) 2 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon 1925 3-2-00 25.00" 1424.0Hz (F+33c) 3 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon 1925 4-0-08 27.00" 1264.0Hz (Eb+27c) 4 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon 1925 4-3-10 28.375" 1184.0Hz (D+14c) 5 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon 1925 5-1-21 30.50" 1068.0Hz (C+35c) 6 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon 1925 6-3-20 33.50" 948.0Hz (Bb+29c)
Photo Gallery
The bells set up in the foundry |
The church looking east. |
The ringing area. |