Arreton
Brading
Brighstone
Carisbrooke
Chale
Freshwater
Godshill
Newchurch
Newport
Niton
Ryde
Shanklin
Shorwell
Whitwell
Tower Contacts
The District
Ringing Times |
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6 bells, 9-0-0 |
Thursday by arrangement,
Sunday by arrangement |
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). The
three tiers meant the ropes have had to be 'forced' into a circle; if you get
problems with the 5th slipping the wheel then make sure you pull all of the way
down to pull the sally through the ceiling. Otherwise they sound good & go
reasonably. The local (White Lion) is a reasonable pub, 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. As you ring, the tenors are just the other side of the
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 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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