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The Bells
Information about the Bells with a photograph gallery
Bell |
Weight |
Note |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
Canons |
1 |
3- |
F |
25.75” |
1938 |
John Taylor & Co |
No |
2 |
4- |
E |
27.00” |
1938 |
John Taylor & Co |
No |
3 |
4- |
D |
28.50” |
1938 |
John Taylor & Co |
No |
4 |
5- |
C |
30.50” |
1938 |
John Taylor & Co |
No |
5 |
6- |
B# |
33.25” |
1670 |
Henry II Knight |
Yes |
6 |
8- |
A |
35.75” |
c1558 |
John Saunders |
Yes |
7 |
11- |
G |
35.75” |
1602 |
R. Beconsall (or R. Brooke) |
Yes |
8 |
14- |
F |
42.75” |
1938 |
John Taylor & Co |
No |
St Michael’s has a fairly modern ring of eight bells in a generally excellent condition. The bells were completely re-
Some of the bells remain odd-
The ringing chamber is relatively large with good seating and is recently completed a full refurbishment.
The ringing chamber is the location of the church turret clock made by Vulliamy in 1843 -
St Michael’s now has a ringing simulator that we use to good effect in the training of learners on a regular basis. This simulator is based on a Dell laptop running Abel with the sound of the bells played through speakers within the ringing chamber only.