Bell Tower - Holy Trinity - Tithby, Nottinghamshire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

"The Western tower contains a ring of two bells:

	Inscription	Size	Weight
1	GOD SAVE HIS CHVRCH 1662	27"	c4cwt
2	GOD SAVE THE KING 1662	29"	c4.5cwt

Hung for swing chiming in a low sided wooden frame for 2 bells with ball bearings and fabricated steel headstocks by Hayward Mills Associates 1994. The bells are a pair cast by George I Oldfield of Nottingham. In 1552 it was recorded that the bells were:

ij bell wt a lesser bell callyd a sauntes bell ij hand belles, a sacryng bell and a houslyng bell"

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"Holy Trinity is a medieval church built in the 13th century in Early English style and rebuilt in the 18th century. It has a later bell tower in brick. The Georgian furnishings including a pulpit with reader's desk, box pews, squire's pew and west gallery. The bells and font are dated 1662. It has two east-facing stained-glass windows. On the gallery on the west side is a 19th-century organ."

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Address of Tower: The Holy Trinity Cropwell Rd Tithby, Nottinghamshire England Still Operational: yes Number of bells in tower?: 2 Relevant website?: Not listed Rate tower: Not listed Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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