Bell Weights, Inscriptions and Notes

In 1903 the old five bells were augmented to eight. In 1967 the eight bells were re-cast and two new bells added. The 1903 wooden frame, made by Day of Eye, was lowered fourteen feet in 1967 and extended to accommodate the extra bells.

Treble 5-1-18 F#+0 1480Hz

WILLIAM CLOVER RINGING MASTER 1935 - 1967

MEARS 19(M)67 LONDON

Second 5-2-5 E+7 1324Hz

THE WYMONDHAM & ATTLEBOROUGH ROUND TABLE No 713 GAVE ME

MEARS 19(M)67 LONDON

Third 5-3-21 D+8 1180Hz

MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON ARTHUR ANTHONY BAILEY GAVE ME 1903 REVD THE HON: A. PARKER VICAR J.B. POMEROY W.B. FRYER H.L. CUBITT H.R.PARKER CHURCHWARDENS

RECAST 19(M)67

Fourth 6-0-21 C#-1 1108Hz

MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON JOHN CANN BAILEY GAVE ME 1903 HUNG BY G. DAY & SON, EYE

RECAST 19(M)67

Fifth 7-1-13 B-6.5 984Hz

MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON CROSIER BAILEY GAVE ME 1903 REVD THE HON: A. PARKER VICAR J.B. POMEROY W.B. FRYER H.L. CUBITT H.R.PARKER CHURCHWARDENS

RECAST 19(M)67

Sixth 8-2-27 A+4 882Hz

THOMAS NEWMAN OF NORWICH MADE ME 1739

RECAST 19(M)67

Seventh 11-3-20 G+0 784Hz

W AD 1606

LESLIE LLOYD BAILEY GAVE NEW LIFE TO ME 1903 RECAST BY MEARS AND STAINBANK LONDON HUNG BY G. DAY & SON, EYE

RECAST 19(M)67

Eighth 14-0-16 F#-5 738Hz

IOHN BREND MADE ME 1638 RECAST 19(M)67

Ninth 18-0-24 E+2 660Hz

T. NEWMAN MADE ME 1739 T. RANDALL S. PROCTOR R. GIBBS R.SEWELL CW

RECAST 19(M)67

Tenor 26-2-02 D+2 588Hz

TVBA AD IVDITIAM (B) IB (B) CAMPANA AD ECCLESIVM TC ES EP IS CHVRCH WARDENS 1653 THESE BELLS WERE RECAST IN 1967 VICAR J.G.T. THOMAS CHURCHWARDENS P.R. BUCKTON J.E. CANTLAY G.S. SEMMENCE J.R. RICE

MEARS(M)LONDON

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Key

(M) indicates the mark of the Whitechapel Bellfoundry, and (B) the mark of the Norwich Foundry.

Note: For those unfamiliar with imperial weights, 1 hundredweight (cwt) is 112 pounds (lb) or 4 quarters (qtr). 1 qtr is therefore 28 lb. 20cwt=1 ton, and an imperial ton is approximately the same as a metric tonne. The smallest bells in the tower are therefore about a quarter of a ton in weight, and the largest is over one and a quarter tons.

Tuning: Notes shown as note +/- cents with nominal frequency in Hertz. The tuning scheme is a modified 'Just' tuning with perfect fourths and fifths. With thanks to Nigel Taylor of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry for supplying the figures from the Foundry's records.