The Bells

There is a ring of six bells, all by Mears and Stainbank and dated 1867, and a sanctus bell of 1832. In 1999 the six bells were re-tuned and re-hung with new fittings in a restored bell frame in time to ring in the new Millennium.

A video covering the news on TV can be seen above. 

The Bells are as follows:

Bell               Date               Founder                             Note               Weight

Tenor           1967               Mears and Stainbank      F#                   607 kg   (11 cwt, 22 qtrs, 3 lbs)

Treble           1967              Mears and Stainbank      D#                  221 kg    (4 cwt, 1 qtrs, 11 lbs)

Tenor            1967              Mears and Stainbank      C#                   255 kg   (5 cwt, 0 qtrs, 02 lbs)

Tenor            1967              Mears and Stainbank      B                      292 kg   (5 cwt, 2 qtrs, 27 lbs)

Tenor            1967              Mears and Stainbank      A#                   341 kg    (6 cwt, 2 qtrs, 24 lbs)

Tenor            1967              Mears and Stainbank      G#                   435 kg    (8 cwt, 2 qtrs, 08 lbs)