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Ringing Times |
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6 bells, 9-0-0 |
Monday 7.00-8.30,
1st Sunday 5.30-6.00, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Sunday 9.30-10.00
5th Sunday - please check |
Ground floor |
SZ505768 |
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Park by the church
wall (go around the one-way system to the western end of the village).
Hung on
three tiers (in twos, lightest on top) meant the ropes have had to be 'forced' into a circle
a bit; make sure you pull all the way through to
keep the rope tight and formerly you had to make
sure you dragged some sallies down through the
ceiling. Otherwise they sound good & go
well. The local (White Lion) is a reasonable pub
and the old Post Office is now a bar, but Chale and The
Buddle (just south of the village) are probably better, and The Chequers
(Rookley, on the Niton road) is large inside and does good food. |
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Niton has a short 16th century
tower, with a 17th century recessed spire. It
contains six bells, which have had to be hung on three tiers
of two because of the small tower size, in a metal frame.
Spiral stairs (behind tenor ringer) goes up to the trebles
on the top tier then you climb down through the frame to the
tenors which are just the other side of the ringing room
ceiling.
The oldest bell is the tenor, cast by
"R B", and the present 4th replaces a 1898 bell recast in 1931 when the Revd
Hedley-Vicars of Niton made them up to a ring of five to commemorate the
jubilee of his ordination. The treble was added by
Whitechapel in 1984, inscribed "Hope
Fulfilled" to compliment the tenor inscription.
Treble |
HOPE
FULFILLED
WHITECHAPEL
1984 |
3-3-0 |
F |
2 |
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
DEO
MEARS & STAINBANK 1932 |
4-2-8 |
D# |
3 |
MEARS AND STAINBANK
LONDON 1931
IN TERRA PAX |
5-1-11 |
C# |
4 |
PRAISE GOD R.T.D.L
1898
MEARS & STAINBANK LONDON 1931 |
5-3-4 |
C |
5 |
HOLY HOLY LORD GOD OF
HOSTS
1926 |
6-3-5 |
A# |
Tenor |
LIVE IN HOPE
R.B.
1605 |
9-0-0 |
G# |
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