Bell Tower - St Peter - Swepstone, Leicestershire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Peter's church, Swepstone, with a ring of 6 bells.

Swepstone, Leics S Peter
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	3-1-12	1295.0	E	25.50"	1952	John Taylor & Co	F
2	4-0-17	1153.5	D	27.56"	1952	John Taylor & Co	F
3	4-3-27	1030.0	C	29.63"	1952	John Taylor & Co	F
4	6-0-0	971.0	B	32.38"	1711	Daniel Hedderly	R
5	7-3-12	865.0	A	36.00"	1696	William Noone	R
6	10-2-24	771.0	G	39.50"	1634	Hugh II Watts	R

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"The church of St Peter’s that we see today mostly dates from the 14th century, this includes the nave and aisles. The tower could be earlier but was largely rebuilt in 1842 by cladding the tower in ashlar. Of course the earliest part of the church to be built was usually the nave, this would have been the original church. Later we have additions of aisles, chancels, towers & spires etc throughout the later centuries. In about 1800 AD when John Nicholls was writing his “History and Antiquities of Leicestershire”, the church consisted of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, porch and large west tower, much as we see today."

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Address of Tower: St Peter 7 Church St Swepstone, Leicestershire England LE67 2SA 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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