In 1903 the five old bells which had been unrung for about a hundred years were augmented to eight. Bells one two and three were new, and the fifth bell was re-cast. In 1967 all 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.
(Key : (M) indicates the mark of the Whitechapel Bellfoundry, and (B) the mark of the Norwich Foundry.)
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
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.
Weights:
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, or about the same as a medium-sized family car.