Bell Tower - St Andrew - Wroxeter, Shropshire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Andrew's church, Wroxeter, with a ring of 6 bells.

Wroxeter, Shrops S Andrew
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1		1294.0	E	27.75"	1877	John Warner & Sons	Y	N
2		1150.0	D	28.50"	1673	Henry Clibury	Y	4
3		1065.0	C#	30.50"	1598†	Henry II Oldfield	Y	4
4		977.5	B	33.50"	1666	Thomas II Clibury	Y	4
5		867.0	A	35.75"	1641	William Clibury	Y	4
6	11cwt	800.0	G#	39.00"	1598†	Henry II Oldfield	Y	4

Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3,4,5,6	c1699	Timber	unidentified		6.1

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"6 bells, tenor 11cwt in G SY5 6PH SJ 563082

This church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust - no services are held

Treble: John Warner and Sons of London, 1877

Second: Henry Clibury of Wellington, 1673

Third and tenor: Henry Oldfield II of Nottingham, 1598

Fourth: Thomas Clibury of Wellington, 1666

Fifth: William Clibury of Wellington, 1641

The bells all retain their canons and are are on plain bearings in a 17th century frame which contains some fine 15th century timbers from an earlier frame. (Current frame Pickford 6.1: A1, B6, C2, D3, E4, F5.) The tuning of the bells is not to all tastes. Access is via a spiral staircase with an internal door under the organ loft."

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"St Andrew's is built on the Roman site of Viroconium, the fourth largest town of Roman Britain, and the evidence for the ancient town is everywhere. The gateposts are made from two Roman columns; the walls contain massive Roman stones; and the huge font is made from an inverted Roman column base.

The church is an archaeologist's delight. Though some of the building dates from before the Domesday Book (1086), it has been altered and enlarged throughout the centuries. The interior dates mostly from the seventeenth and eighteenth-centuries, with some excellent woodwork in the box pews, pulpit and altar rails. Inside the church are three wonderful sixteenth-century alabaster tombs - each has a lifesize, and eerily lifelike, painted figure lying in repose. The earliest and finest commemorates Sir Thomas Bromley and his wife Mabel. He was Lord Chief Justice, and is shown in his lawyer's attire, while his wife wears a fine headdress. On the front of the tomb is the charming figure of their daughter Margaret. Margaret's own tomb is opposite that of her parents, alongside her husband Sir Richard Newport, who wears full armour. Their mourning sons and daughters are shown below.

Other fine tablets and memorials are well worth seeing, and so too is the splendid Royal Arms of 1765."

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Address of Tower: St Andrew Wroxeter, Shropshire England SY5 6PH 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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