Beckbury, St Milburga
6 bells, tenor 4-2-18 in Db Ground floor SJ 765016
Sunday: 9.15 - 9.45am (1st) Check with tower correspondent
Treble: John Taylor & Co.,
Loughborough 1903
Second: Eayre and Lewis 2001 This
bell was cast in the Xmeco foundry in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Third: John Warner & Sons
Ltd, London 1898
Fourth and fifth: John Martin of
Worcester 1658
Tenor: William Clibury of Wellington
1615
The front three bells are flat-topped while the remainder all preserve full sets of canons and are hung from canon-retaining headstock. The 1980s low sided frame (Pickford 6.9: A5, B4, C3, D2, E1, F6) has been galvanised and repainted. All new fittings by Taylors for the 2011 augmentation.
The bells are rung from the vestry at the base of the tower, with the fact that the ropes fall behind or though the organ making it a challenging augmentation project.
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Left: The finely decorated Tenor, cast by William Clibury in 1615, with its canon-retaining headstock. Right: The second bell, with its very heavy moulding wires. It is thought to be the only bell cast in South Africa in a ringing peal in Britain. Below: The range of casting dates of the bells |
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 Left: John Martin's foundry mark on the fifth bell Above: An inverted N - one of two examples in these John Martin bells Right: Cross used as a stop on the fifth bell |
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