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Ryde
Shanklin
Shorwell
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Tower Contacts
The District
Ringing Times |
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| 8 bells,
26-2-2 |
Tuesday 7.30
Sunday 9.30 |
Upstairs, 60ft stone
spiral staircase
from outside church |
SZ589923 |
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| Church car park at the
west end of church (parking restrictions: enter your
registration on the terminal in the ringing room
else face a fine), on the main Newport-Ryde road. Train stations (Ryde
Esplanade or Ryde St Johns, see map link above) but bring
your climbing boots: it is all up hill, and is the course
for one of the toughest marathons in England.
These Taylors bells of 1886 and are the heaviest
eight on the Island and in the W&P Guild,
although some have a
reputation as being odd struck. The bells sound a bit shrill
inside, but VERY nice outside. Cafes etc. in the high
street, north east from church; best pubs are probably "The
Castle" where John Street meets the High Street |
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The 180ft tower,
designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, dominates the skyline above
Ryde, and is used as a land mark on Admiralty charts. The church was started in
1869 with the tower added in 1881-82. The location of the tower and the weight
of the bells ensure that the bells can be heard over a large
distance: Portsmouth on a good day!
The bells were all cast by Taylors in 1886 at a time when the
foundry was making great progress in tuning and installation, and are hung
between oak beams in a metal "A" frame at the base of the spire. The bells were
rehung and fitted with ball bearings in 1933.
| Treble |
John
Taylor Loughborough 1886 |
5-2-16 |
Eb |
| 2 |
John
Taylor Loughborough 1886 |
6-0-10 |
D |
| 3 |
John
Taylor Loughborough 1886 |
7-0-4 |
C |
| 4 |
John
Taylor Loughborough 1886 |
9-0-0 |
Bb |
| 5 |
John
Taylor Loughborough 1886 |
10-2-11 |
Ab |
| 6 |
John
Taylor Loughborough 1886 |
12-0-18 |
G |
| 7 |
John
Taylor Loughborough 1886 |
17-1-5 |
F |
| Tenor |
John
Taylor Loughborough 1886 |
26-2-2 |
Eb |
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