Bell Tower - St. Winifred - Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire
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N 52° 50.688 W 001° 15.386
30U E 617425 N 5856430
Bell tower of St Winifred's church, Kingston on Soar, with a ring of 6 bells.
Waymark Code: WMX4G7
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/26/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member MountainWoods
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Bell tower of St Winifred's church, Kingston on Soar.

Kingston on Soar, Notts
S Winifred
Bells
Bell Weight Nominal Note Diameter Dated Founder Canons Turning
1 3-1-25   F 25.00" 1937 John Taylor & Co F  
2 4-0-27   Eb 27.00" 1920 John Taylor & Co F  
3 5-0-9   Db 29.00" 1920 John Taylor & Co F  
4 5-1-14   C 30.50" 1900 John Taylor & Co F  
5 7-2-2   Bb 34.00" 1900 John Taylor & Co F  
6 9-3-24 844.0 Ab 38.00" 1900 John Taylor & Co F  
Frames
Frame Bells Year Material Maker Truss Layout
1 1,2,3,4,5,6 1900 Cast iron Loughborough Bellfoundry    

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"There are six bells, all cast at Taylor’s bell foundry, Loughborough. They are hung in a cast-iron frame, Pickford Type 8.3C: ‘H’ castings mounted on beams and braced above.

According to Magill when the tower was built in 1900 provision was made for eight bells.

Three bells, the current tenors, were hung in 1900. A fourth bell (the current third) was added as a parish war memorial, and two more were added afterwards.

The bells were re-hung in 1975 on modern bearings due to original bearings being severely worn. The Southwell Diocesan Guild of Bell Ringers made a grant for the work.

Details are as follows:

  Inscription Size Weight
1

1937

25" 3.1.25
2

Oak leaves

1920

27" 4.0.27
3

Oak leaves

1920

IN MEMORY OF
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919

29" 5.0.9
4

JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1900

30½" 5.1.14
5

As 4

34" 7.2.2

6
A flat

As 4

38" 9.3.24

Prior to 1900 there were two bells, one without inscription, and one by C & G Mears and dated 1850.

In 1628, one John Hudson was presented to the Archdeacon for the following misdemeanour:

…and also for ringing the bell in the church out of order and turning them over and sometimes leaving them standing on end and the wind blowing them down in the night as though something were amiss by fire in the town."

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Address of Tower:
St Winifred
The Green
Kingston-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire England
NG11 0DA


Still Operational: yes

Number of bells in tower?: 6

Relevant website?: [Web Link]

Rate tower: Not listed

Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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