All Saints' Church, High Street, Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
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greysman
N 54° 20.523 W 001° 26.200
30U E 601629 N 6022706
There's a magnificent ring of ten bells in this large town church.
Waymark Code: WME8FX
Location: North East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/18/2012
Views: 2
Before 1961 there was an anti-clockwise ring of eight in All Saints' Church tower. Anti-clockwise because when viewed from above the weights of the bells increased in an anti-clockwise direction, the bell to the right of the one a person was ringing was (generally) heavier. The modern English way of hanging bells is 'clockwise' meaning that the bell to the left of the one a person is ringing is (generally) heavier and that viewed from above the weights of the bells increases in a clockwise direction.
The bells and frame were becoming unringable and a scheme was put forward so that the bells would all be melted down and a new ring produced together with rehanging in a new metal frame. This was done in 1962, the founders being John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough. This was a complete octave of eight bells in the scale of E, the tenor, heaviest, weighing 896kg and the treble, the lightest, weighing 230kg.
In 1990 the enthusiastic team of ringers applied to the PCC for money to install two new bells which would be lighter than the rest and make a true ring of ten, and to increase the size of the frame accordingly. A lot of the necessary work and fund raising was carried out by the ringers and in 1991 the two new bells were cast and installed, the founders being John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd. The new bells weigh in at 220.5kg and 217kg and sound the notes G# and F#, the same as bells six and seven of the 'old ring' but an octave higher. At the same time there was a full refurbishment of the ringing chamber which is reached by a spiral staircase starting from the corridor to the rear of the organ.
The new ring of ten sound really good and are heard ringing oput over the town for divine worship on Sundays, and for other noteworthy occasions. Practice night is Thursday.
Address of Tower:
All Saints
High Street,
Northallerton, , North Yorkshire, UK
DL7 8LU
Still Operational: yes
Number of bells in tower?: 10
Relevant website?: [Web Link]
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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Unknown
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