Bell Tower - St Mary & All Saints - Fillongley, Warwickshire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Mary & All Saints' church, Fillongley.

Fillongley, Warks S Mary & All Saints
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	4-2-2	1431.0	F	26.63"	1998	John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	F
2	4-3-2	1352.0	E	27.50"	1998	John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	F
3	6-0-1	1197.0	D	30.00"	1896	John Taylor & Co	F
4	6-0-3	1075.0	C	31.50"	1658	Bryan II Eldridge	R	4
5	6-3-15	955.0	Bb	33.50"	1896	John Taylor & Co	F
6	7-0-27	899.0	A	35.00"	1795	Edward Arnold	R	4
7	9-1-14	805.0	G	38.00"	1628	Hugh II Watts	R	4
8	10-3-23	716.0	F	42.00"	1791	Edward Arnold	R	4

Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8	1896	Cast iron	Loughborough Bellfoundry

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"A nice church on the road from Coventry via Kingsbury towards Tamworth. Being next to the main road it cannot be missed. It is slightly unusual that one of the bells was cast during the Commonwealth, (a John Martin bell of 1654, cast at Coleshill and also in the time of the Commonwealth, was recast in 1896 at which time the bells were rehung and augmented to six).

Local enthusiasm has resulted in the original six being rehung on ball bearings in 1992 and two trebles added to complete the octave in time for the Millennium. At this time the existing trebles were moved into new framework added alongside the existing frame, using traditional stays and sliders and the new trebles put into the old treble pits which were converted to stays and sliders. The back four bells remain with hastings stays. The Taylor bells were cast without canons and those on the older bells have been removed. The four old bells have been quarter turned.

The tenor nominal is 716Hz, midway between F natural and F# - very slightly closer to F than F#

These fine bells were regarded as unringable from 1935 to 1975 owing to concern about the tower. This was fixed some time ago and the whole tower was repointed in 2006-7.

The entrance is on the north side of the tower. Parking can be a little difficult - there is a small car park uphill on the main road. Otherwise, park against the church wall in Church Lane, to the south (downhill) of the church."

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Address of Tower: St. Mary & All Saints' Churchyard Coventry Road Fillongley, Warwickshire England CV7 8ET Still Operational: yes Number of bells in tower?: 8 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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Date Logged Log   05/17/2018 Alancache visited it