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Ringing Times |
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12 bells,
16-1-23 |
Mondays 7.30, not usually Bank Holidays
Sunday 10.30 |
Upstairs,
stone spiral staircase inside
church porch |

SZ500891 |
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The Death-watch Beetle
won and the 8 bells went to Taylors, for retuning, recasting the tenor and
treble, and augmenting to a 16½ cwt twelve.in 1988. They were rehung by Island
ringers in a metal frame lower in the tower. Other bells are by Mears (6,7,9 in
1808) by William Eldridge (8,11 in 1675) and John Warner (10 in 1920);
the 5th was surplus to work at Leighton Buzzard. First
rung, 28 April 1989; best not rushed unless your band is very experienced on
twelve. Work to clappers in 2001 make them easier to
strike. The bells are ear splittingly LOUD outside in
the square! |
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St Thomas's Newport was completely rebuilt in 1854-55,
although much of the interior has been retained, then
remodelled for more flexible use in 2024 The old
church contained a ring of six bells cast by William Eldridge of Chertsey in
1674-75, which were augmented to eight by the addition of two trebles and
recasting the 3rd and 5th of the eight; the work was done by Thomas Mears
and Son of Whitechapel in 1808. In 1857 John Warner and Son of Cripplegate
recast the treble and hung the bells in the new church, and they also retuned
the bells and removed the canons in 1917, and later recast the 6th in 1920. In
1988 the treble was replaced and the tenor recast, and four additional bells
were added to increase the ring to twelve, with a new metal
frame lower in the tower at clock face level.
Treble |
JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1988
FREDA ANN
BRIDGEN
BEATRICE ELIZABETH LIDDELL |
4-2-26 |
C |
2 |
JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1988
IN MEMORY OF
ALBERT AND ALICE HARVEY
CITIZENS OF NEWPORT |
WILLIAM T.
WHITE
1931 - 1987 |
ANNE MAY
GUY |
STANLEY J.
STEPHENS
1925 - 1985 |
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4-3-12 |
Bb |
3 |
JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1988
IN MEMORY OF A
BELOVED SON
STEPHEN GEOFFREY COTTON
GIVEN BY
PETER & SARAH
COTTON |
4-2-0 |
A |
4 |
JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1988
LESTER
BAILEY
1912 - 1985
DR. J. BRUCE WILLIAMSON
1892 -
1979 |
FRANK S.
TAYLOR
1906 - 1984
WILLIAM UPTON
1888 - 1967 |
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5-0-22 |
G |
5 |
JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH CAST 1987 SAINT
PAUL |
5-2-2 |
F |
6 |
WM BARTON, JEREMIAH SELF, CHURCHWARDENS RICHARD BASSET ESQ.
MAYOR
THE PUBLIC RAISED US WITH A LIBERAL HAND.
WE COME WITH HARMONY TO
CHEER THE LAND.
MAY EACH SUBSCRIBER IN THESE NUMBER LIVE
AND UNIONS EVER
FEEL THOSE JOYS THEY GIVE
T.MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT.
1808 |
5-0-17 |
E |
7 |
RD. BASSETT Esqr MAYOR. WM BARTON JEREMIAH SELF Church Wardens
1808 T.MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT |
5-1-22 |
D |
8 |
GVILIEMVS ELDRIDGE MW FECIT 1674 |
5-2-16 |
C |
9 |
WM BARTON JEREMIAH SELF CHURCHWARDENS RICHARD BASSET ESQ
MAYOR MAY ENGLANDS COASTS THE PRIDE OF COMMERCE
SEE AND BRITONS PRIDE BE ALWAYS TO BE FREE MAY PEACE RETURN TO BLESS
BRITANNIAS SHORE AND FACTION FALL TO RAISE HER HEAD NO MORE T.MEARS &
SON OF LONDON FECIT. 1808 |
7-1-24 |
Bb |
10 |
JOHN WARNER AND SONS RECAST ME 1920 WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE
MEE 1675 |
8-1-6 |
A |
11 |
WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1675 I K |
10-0-4 |
G |
Tenor |
NICHOLAS CHESTLE MAJOR PHILLIP ODAR JUSTICE ROBERT POSTE JOHN
FACEY CHURCHWARDENS WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1675 JOHN TAYLOR RECAST ME
1988 CANON J.F. BUCKET. VICAR DAVID WEIR, TOWER CAPTAIN
JANE
ELIOT |
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MICHAEL J.
COLQUHOUN |
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DARREN N.
AVEY |
) RINGERS |
JULIAN M.
ATKINS |
) |
GEORGE THE ART IS GREAT, THE
MUSICK SWEET DEO GRATIS |
16-1-23 |
F |
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