Stoke-on-Tern, St Peter
Sunday: By arrangement
Bells 2 - 6 were cast by Thomas Mears II at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London in 1819 and were transferred from the earlier church. The treble was cast by Mears and Stainbank at the same foundry in 1874 when the present church was built. The bells all have their canons and hang from wooden headstocks in plain bearings in a wooden frame. (Pickford 6.9: A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, F6). There is an uninscribed sanctus bell hanging in a stone cot on the east gable of the nave. The ringing room is reached via a spiral staircase from the kitchen in the base of the tower.
There is a small parking area at the churchyard gate. The church is isolated and no facilities are available nearby.
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The Tenor bell |
Details of the straps holding the second bell to its headstock |
 The date of the back five bells |
 The founder of the back five bells |
