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Tower Contacts
The District
Ringing Times |
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| 8 bells,
18-0-14 |
Wednesdays 7.00 to 8.30; Sunday 10.15-11.00 |
Upstairs,
well lit
stone spiral
staircase from inside
church |
SZ585813 |
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Parking is in the road
next to the church. Train station not too far, through the town (see OS map
link). Thought unringable until a few decades ago, and are now available unless
in high winds; no ringing is allowed if force eight or above. Ringing times
have to fit in with the hotels close by, and visits may be restricted during
the summer. All bells by M&S, 1888. Rehung February 2002, all new fittings
but in the old frame.
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St Saviours is a relatively modern
church, with the foundation stone being laid in 1867 and the tower being
completed in 1887. The bells were cast by Mears & Stainbank at the
Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1888 and hung the same year.
The bells had
been rung regularly until 1925 when doubts were expressed about the tower. In
1985 the pinnacles were removed, and following a structural report and much
hard work clearing sixty years of debris, ringing started again. The bells are
hung in a wooden frame on two tiers, odd bells on top. All of the bells are
inscribed "MEARS AND STAINBANK WHITECHAPEL BELL FOUNDRY LONDON".
| Treble |
THE
CHILDRENS GIFT
1888
AND
CHILDRENS VOICES
ECHO
ANSWER-MAKING-ALLELUIA |
5-1-19 |
E |
| 2 |
1888
THROUGH ALL THE CHANGING
SCENES OF LIFE
IN TROUBLE AND
JOY |
5-3-9 |
D# |
| 3 |
1888
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS |
6-3-2 |
C# |
| 4 |
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
THE GIFT OF: MARY HARVEY
1888
O PRAISE OUR GREAT
AND
GRACIOUS LORD AND CALL
UPON HIS NAME |
7-0-9 |
B |
| 5 |
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
THE GIFT OF:
CATHERINE EMMA WHEELER
JOSHUA LE
MARCHANT
EMILY LE MARCHANT
HELEN MOLONY
1888
WHEN SWEETLY CHIMES
THIS BELL
O'ER SEA AND HILL AND DELL
MAY JESUS CHRIST BE
PRAISED |
9-0-1 |
A |
| 6 |
FOR
THE GLORY OF GOD
JULIA D. SCARAMANGA GAVE ME
1888
LORD MAY THIS BELL
FOR EVER BE
A TUNEFUL VOICE O'ER LAND AND SEA
TO CALL THY PEOPLE UNTO
THEE |
10-2-5 |
G# |
| 7 |
DAY BY
DAY WE MAGNIFY THEE
1888 |
12-2-25 |
F# |
| Tenor |
THESE
EIGHT BELLS
WERE HUNG IN THE TOWER OF
ST.SAVIOUR-ON THE CLIFF
SHANKLIN
IN THE YEAR 1888
C.I. BURLAND M.A. VICAR
A.G. FRYER M.A.
CURATE
| G.H.R DABBS M.D. |
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| M. LINDFIELD |
) CHURCHWARDENS |
THUS EVERMORE SHALL RISE TO
THEE
GLAD HYMNS OF PRAISE FROM LAND AND SEA |
18-0-14 |
E |
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