This is a recent video of a quarter peel being rung on the three bells at Danby Wiske by the visiting Leighton Buzzard Band.

The video is 71 seconds and sound starts at 8 seconds.

Click on the download to play the video.

The tall Perpendicular 15th Century tower with an embattled parapet, has three cast bells and is entered at the south-east from the vestry. There is no public access to the tower as the stair threads are very narrow, steep and uneven.

The low doorway used to have the life-size Effigy of Matilda. It was used for many years as the lintel over the door leading to the belfry. It is said that the bell-ringers got tired of bumping their heads and chipped away part of the stone. It was moved to its present position in the chancel in the spring of 1939.

Unusually, all three bells were recast by John Taylor of Loughborough in 1940. The bell frame was also cast at this time. The clapper weights are 4% of the bell.

1st Bell: 3 ¼ cwt + 25lb (176kg), 26” diameter. Note D# sixth octave. Treble bell.

Inscribed- “Sono Omnibus Placere Ikay Ward 1760”

2nd Bell: 4 cwt + 8lb (207kg), 28” diameter. Note C# sixth octave.

Inscribed “God save his church 1663”

3rd Bell : 5 ½ cwt +5lb (279kg), 31” diameter. Note B, fifth octave. Tenor bell.

No inscription.

The Bells are rung full circle by a band of ringers (Campanologists) in the ringing chamber on the floor below the bells. A small cord goes down from there to the ground floor to enable start/stops signals to be given to ringers from the vestry. The treble bell can also be chimed from the vestry.