Arreton
Brading
Brighstone
Carisbrooke
Chale
Freshwater
Godshill
Newchurch
Newport
Niton
Ryde
Shanklin
Shorwell
Whitwell
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6 bells, 8-1-12 | Practice Thursday, Sunday
10.30 (1st & 2nd) 9.00 (3rd & 4th). Limited to practice nights & Sunday ringing due to condition of tower |
Ground floor |  SZ483776 |
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| Street parking if you are lucky. Pub car park just along road leading north from church or larger one (big enough for coaches) just along the coast road leading west from the church. The treble was added in 1946 and is the only bell on ball bearings, so it tends to catch people out. The bells start to hum nicely if pushed along. The pub (The Wight Mouse) used to have an excellent reputation as a family pub for good beer/food/whisky but has recently had a few problems. | ||||||||
| Chale church looks out over the
English Channel and within recent memory the church used to be in the centre of
the parish, but the English Channel is getting closer. The tower is 15th
century with the upper stage rebuilt in 1768, although the pinnacles from this
time have since had to be removed. Of the six bells, four were cast and rehung in a metal frame, along with the present 3rd, by Taylors of Loughborough in 1897. The treble was added in 1946 and was the gift of William Saunders of Chale and dedicated on Christmas Day that year. The oldest bell is the third, bearing the founders mark "R" and was cast in the 14th century; it has been in the church since the 15th century. This is the oldest bell in a ring of bells on the Island, although others (Thorley c.1250) are older. The tenor was originally cast by Anthony Bond in 1628. The 4th and 5th were the gift of an American family in memory of their Chale forbears. |
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| Treble | TO THE
GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM SAUNDERS AND HIS FAMILY MCMXLV T |
3-0-21 | G# | ||||
| 2 | +S.
ANDREAS JOHN TAYLOR AND CO LOUGHBOROUGH 1897 |
3-2-12 | F# | ||||
| 3 |
Also, cut into the crown: _ W±C |
3-1-18 | E | ||||
| 4 | JOHN
TAYLOR AND CO LOUGHBOROUGH 1896 |
4-1-27 | D# | ||||
| 5 | S.
CATHARINA To the Glory of God and in pious memory of their English Forefathers, George A Hearn and his family, of New York, have given these two bells JOHN TAYLOR AND CO LOUGHBOROUGH 1897 |
6-1-11 | C# | ||||
| Tenor | Anthony Bond 1628 RECAST BY JOHN TAYLOR AND CO. LOUGHBOROUGH 1896 |
8-1-12 | B |
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