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Ringing Times |
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| 8 bells, 7-1-15 |
Friday 6.30
-8.00
Tuesday 6.30-8.00 (simulator)
Sundays
10.15-11.00
5th Sunday (West Wight Service) varies
in location & time
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alterations and any extra ringing...
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Upstairs, stairs inside
church, similar to domestic stairs |
SZ429827 |
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| Street parking near
church, or head west just past the pub (Three
Bishops) for public car park & toilets beyond.
Recast & re hung on existing wooden frame in
1961, and a new upstairs ringing room was put in
in 1995. Augmented to eight in 2017, and as Alan
Hughes of Whitechapel wrote "As you may have
gathered, this is the last major change ringing
project to be undertaken from our Whitechapel
site". Now a lovely ring of Whitechapel bells
with a light tenor, and very easy to ring. |
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The earliest record of any bells
were in the inventories compiled by the commissioners of Henry VIII in 1536
when there were three bells plus a sanctus bell. References to the sanctus bell
are in the Parish Records until 1590 and then cease, its ultimate fate is
unknown. The Parish Records speak of casting a 'Great Bell' at Romsey in 1610,
and a 'Midle Bell' at Newport in 1613.
In 1740 the bells were recast, rehung
and augmented to five. The work was done by Joshua Kipling of
Portsmouth, known as a good producer of moulds but a poor
designer of bells. A brass gun which was housed in a 'gun
house', at one time next to the north side of the tower, is
believed to have been incorporated into the bell metal at this
time. The original treble (the present fourth) became cracked in
1780 and was recast by Thomas Mears in 1800. The bells were
again rehung by Mears and the second bell (present fifth was
recast in 1877; the inscription "SUCCESS TO THE GREAT ADMIRAL
VERNON" and the impressions of the Vernon medal are thought to
have been lost from the bell during this casting. In 1961 the
present bells were recast and rehung and a treble was added,
being the gift of Frank Cheverton in memory of his wife. On 3rd
Feb 2017 two trebles
were cast by Whitechapel (the penultimate day of casting before
they closed), hung on 4th April and first rung on the 24th April; the new treble was funded by the Society for the
Preservation of Isle of Wight Church Bells, the new 2nd by the
local ringers and friends.
| Treble |
A LEADER'S
COURAGE
WHICH THE CROSS CAN BEAR
S.P.I.W.C.B
2017
WHITECHAPEL |
2-3-9 |
A# |
| 2 |
THE RINGER'S
BELL
IMPROVE OUR TALENTS
WITH DUE CARE
ANGELA, ANN, CAROLINE,
CLARISSA, DAN, EMILY, FLEUR,
HUGH, JENNY, LEIGH, LILY,
MARK, NANCY, RACHEL,
STEVE & BECCY
2017
WHITECHAPEL |
3-0-2 |
A |
| 3 |
IN MEMORY OF
MURIEL KATHLEEN,
DEARLY LOVED WIFE
OF
F.A.CHEVERTON, RUDCOT.
DIED JANUARY 16TH
1960
MEARS
1961
LONDON |
3-2-6 |
G |
| 4 |
IN THE YEAR 1740 JOHN LORD ZEALOUS FOR THE
PROMOTION OF CAMPANALOGIAS
ART CAUSED ME TO BE FABRIGATED IN PORTSMOUTH AND
PLACED IN THIS TOWER
60 YEARS I LED THE PEAL WHEN I WAS UNFORTUNATELY
BROKEN
IN THE YEAR 1800 I WAS CAST INTO THE FURNACE REFOUNDED IN LONDON
AND
RETURNED TO MY FORMER STATION: READER THOU ALSO SHALT KNOW A
RESURECTION
MAY IT BE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE WILLIAM CHIP & DAVID WAY
CH.WARDENS
THOS MEARS FECIT RECAST 1961 |
3-3-17 |
F |
| 5 |
MEARS
& STAINBANK FOUNDERS 1877
RECAST 1961 |
4-1-27 |
D# |
| 6 |
GOD
PRESERVE THE BRITIS ARMES 1740
JOSHUA KIPLING
FECIT
RECAST
1961 |
4-2-27 |
D |
| 7 |
PROSPERITY TO THE PARISH OF BRIXTON
JOSHUA KIPLING
FECIT
RECAST
1961 |
5-3-5 |
C |
| Tenor |
MR JOHN LORD MR THOMAS JOLIF CHURCHWARDENS 1740
JOSHUA KIPLING
FECIT
RECAST
1961
MEARS LONDON |
7-1-15 |
A# |
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