Bicton, Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity, Bicton

6 bells, tenor 12½cwt in G SY3 8ELSJ 448149

Sunday:Check with tower correspondent

Monday: 7.45 - 9.00pm

All the bells were cast by John Warner & Sons of London in 1889. They hang from wooden headstocks in roller bearings in a wooden frame (Pickford 6.1: A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, F6). All bells have Doncaster heads, with only a single angular canon visible on each side of the headstock.

Access to the ringing room is via an external door at the south-west corner of the tower and a stone newel staircase.

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Bicton Tenor

The Tenor bell

Bicton Tenor headstock

The tenor headstock, showing the single angular canon


Inscriptions
Bicton clapper

The clapper suspension system