Grid Reference:-
151/287649
Postcode:
CV34 4JD
Bell Audio:-
Hear the bells
Guild Affiliation:-
Coventry DG
Peals Rung Here:-
Felstead Database
Sunday Ringing:-
0930 - 1000
Practice Night:-
Wednesday
1930 - 2100 (2 & 4)
History Of The Bells
Work to repair the spire at this church has been completed and the bells are now ringing again.
The bells here were unringable for about 30 years until being recast and rehung in a new cast iron lowside frame by Taylors in 1957. These were a ring of 6 by Richard Keene, 1695. The treble and tenor were recast by Matthew Bagley in 1770 & 1773. The fifth was recast by Edward Arnold in 1798. The third was recast by C & G Mears in 1849 and the treble again was recast in 1877 by Mears and Stainbank. The ring was made into an octave a decade later.
Tilley & Walters note that there were 5 bells by 1552. The 3rd and 4th were recast in 1554-59 by Newcombe of Leicester and there were other, unspecified, recasts in 1561, 1562 and 1565. In 1571 another bell was recast. Another bell, the 4th, was recast by Dankes and Baker in 1619. All went quiet until 1695!
They are an excellent ring of 8 that is popular with peal ringers. Recently there has been adjustable sound control added and this should maintain this church's position as the leading pealed tower in the Coventry Diocese.
This church is easily spotted when coming from the Coventry side of town. It has a spire and is set on the opposite side of a roundabout to the corner of the castle walls. Limited parking is available for cars in the churchyard, enter along St Nicholas Church Street. There is a pay and display car park round to the left at the roundabout at the end of the street. Entry is by the tower stairs on the north side.
Details Of The Bells
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 4-1-13 26.00" 1401.0Hz (F+5c) 2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 5-0-04 27.125" 1321.0Hz (E+3c) 3 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 5-0-12 28.00" 1173.0Hz (D-2c) 4 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 5-1-27 30.375" 1044.0Hz (C-4c) 5 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 6-1-11 32.50" 928.0Hz (Bb-8c) 6 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 7-3-15 34.875" 875.0Hz (A-10c) 7 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 11-0-12 39.00" 775.5Hz (G-19c) 8 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1957 15-2-20 43.875" 691.0Hz (F-19c)
Details Of The Previous Ring
1 Mears and Stainbank, London 1887 4-1-20 2 Mears and Stainbank, London 1887 4-3-22 3 Mears and Stainbank, London 1877 5-2-00 4 Richard Keene, Woodstock 1695 6-0-00 5 C and G Mears, London 1849 8cwt 6 Richard Keene, Woodstock 1649 9cwt 7 Edward Arnold 1798 12cwt 8 Matthew Bagley III, Chacombe 1773 16cwt
Photo Gallery
The casting of the bells in 1957. |