Kemberton, St Andrew

4 bells, tenor 6-0-0 in Bb                                                                                                       SJ 729045

Sunday:  10.30 - 11.00am (3rd) - by arrangement only. Check with tower correspondent

Treble:  Thomas Clibury II of Wellington, 1671

Second:  Abel Rudhall of Gloucester, 1753

Third:   Henry Oldfield II of Nottingham, 1596

Tenor:   William Clibury of Wellington, 1621

Access to the spiral staircase is through an internal door in base of tower. The ropes fall in a straight line in the order 2 1 4 3. The stays are unusually short, and the sliders have blocks fitted to them to ensure contact.

Parking is on the rather narrow road through the village. There are plans for augmentation to six.

Inscriptions

Above: The stay of the third bell

Below: The block on the Tenor slider

The oldest bell - the third bell by Henry Oldfield of Nottingham, with its date below

The frame layout - l to r: Tenor, 3, Treble, 2

The 'arched' headstock of the Tenor

The unusual moulding wires on the Tenor

The cabled canons on the second bell

The 'Royal heads', formerly used at Worcester,
on the Henry Oldfield bell

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