Bell Tower - St Edith - Monks Kirby, Warwickshire
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N 52° 26.656 W 001° 19.207
30U E 614175 N 5811779
Bell tower of St Edith's church, Monks Kirby, with a ring of 8 bells.
Waymark Code: WMVEQR
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/09/2017
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Bell tower of St Edith's church, Monks Kirby, with a ring of 8 bells.
Monks Kirby, Warks
S Editha |
Bells |
Bell |
Weight |
Nominal |
Note |
Diameter |
Dated |
Founder |
Canons |
Turning |
1 |
6-0-20 |
1158.0 |
D |
30.38" |
1921 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
N |
2 |
7-3-0 |
1095.0 |
C# |
32.63" |
1921 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
N |
3 |
8-0-17 |
974.0 |
B |
35.43" |
1640† |
Henry I Bagley |
R |
4 |
4 |
9-0-23 |
870.0 |
A |
37.06" |
1711 |
Joseph Smith |
R |
4 |
5 |
12-3-10 |
775.0 |
G |
41.38" |
c1400† |
Worcester foundry |
R |
4 |
6 |
16-0-16 |
730.0 |
F# |
44.25" |
1623 |
Hugh II Watts |
R |
4 |
7 |
19-2-17 |
651.0 |
E |
48.25" |
1741 |
Thomas I Eayre |
R |
4 |
8 |
24-2-7 |
579.5 |
D |
52.38" |
1618 |
Hugh II Watts |
R |
4 |
Frames |
Frame |
Bells |
Year |
Material |
Maker |
Truss |
Layout |
1 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
1921 |
Cast iron |
Loughborough Bellfoundry |
|
8. |
SOURCE - (Visit Link)
"Found just off the Fosse Way this is a very impressive church that dominates the village. As its name implies it used to be a monastery, but Henry VIII saw to that! The parish church is what remains, there being archaeological evidence of further buildings such as cloisters. The entrance is inside, through the South Door, but linger to look at the church itself before climbing the stairs. Locally the church is often known as St Editha, as is Tamworth, for instance.
The bells themselves are magnificent and should be on any itinerary of this area. The then anticlockwise 6 were hung in a new, clockwise, cast iron lowside frame with new fittings by Taylors, 1921. At the same time all 6 existing bells were quarter turned. The tenor weighed 26-0-18 before it was tuned. The bells had been previously rehung by John Over of Rugby in 1795.
In the mid-1970s everything was getting in a pretty neglected state and the bells were seldom rung, but they have overhauled since the tower has had an active band. The seventh was previously cast in 1707 by Abraham Rudall, but required recasting some 34 years later.
The Denbigh Arms opposite the church is not just somewhere to park your car. It has nice food and a good selection of real ale!"
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