Bell Details

Originally raised from 4 to 5 in 1740 at the time the tower was partially rebuilt, these bells were augmented further to 6 using the existing frame and a wooden extension for the treble by Taylors in 1896. The 5 old bells were turned and had their canons removed and were amongst the earliest bells tuned on the "Simpson" principle on Taylor's new tuning machine. The same firm rehung the bells on ball bearings - i.e. new gudgeons and bearings to the existing iron stocks - in 1937. The headstocks and other fittings were basically retained during the 1982 restoration, when the bells were again rehung, this time in a new eight-bell frame by the Polesworth and Tamworth ringers using parts supplied by Eayre & Smith, with the exception that the gudgeons and bearings were replaced. Source : Church bells of Warwickshire

The Keltek Trust, a charity that locates surplus or redundant bells, has been asked to help augment the bells from 6 to 8.

Curiously, the third is the lightest bell. The treble is practically Simpson tuned as apart from the Tierce, all the partials are within 4 cents of a perfectly tuned Simpson bell. The Tenor is tuned to the key of F + 1 cent and not F # as given in Dove.

© David Blick 2004.