Bell Tower - All Saints - Newtown Linford, Leicestershire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of All Saints' church, Newtown Linford.

Newtown Linford, Leics All Saints
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	3-1-0	1486.0	F#	24.38"	1967	John Taylor & Co	F
2	4-0-2	1323.0	E	26.63"	1904	John Taylor & Co	F
3	5-0-9	1176.0	D	30.08"	c1599†	Newcombe (generic)	R
4	4-0-1	1105.0	C#	28.00"	1842	John Taylor	F
5	4-3-14	991.0	B	31.00"	1614	Hugh I Watts	R
6	7-3-20	882.0	A	36.63"	1842	John Taylor	R

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The Tower "Strongly built to act as place of refuge and to house the church bells, this was part of the original building. There are now six bells, two of which are over three hundred years old. The oldest, inscribed "Tomaset", was possibly moved here from Ulverscroft Priory after its dissolution in 1539. 

The history of the church has, for many years, been much influenced by its association with the Grey family and the Bradgate estate. Lady Jane Grey, whose life and brief reign have been so well recorded by Joan Stevenson, is probably the most famous member of that family.

The Greys, holding the title of Earls of Stamford, were patrons of the church and when Bradgate was the family residence, the earl’s domestic chaplain usually served as village priest. A note in the parish register for 1686 by Arthur Squibb, "chaplain to the Rt. Honbb. ye Earl of Stamford", precedes his list of those "Christned and buried at Newtown in Leicestershire".

Until the extensions of the 19th. century it was a small, simple village church described by John Nichols as "a mean rude structure..not at all ornamented", and measured just fifty three feet long by seventeen feet wide."

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Address of Tower: All Saints' church Bradgate Rd. Newtown Linford, Leicestershire England LE6 0HD 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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