Bell Tower, St Mary the Virgin (Tewkesbury Abbey), Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
N 51° 59.422 W 002° 09.666
30U E 557602 N 5760299
Bell Tower, St Mary the Virgin (Tewkesbury Abbey), Church Street, Tewkesbury
Waymark Code: WMVJEB
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/25/2017
Views: 1
From wikipedia:-
The bells at the Abbey were overhauled in 1962. The ring is now made up of twelve bells, hung for change ringing, cast in 1962, by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough. The inscriptions of the old 5th and 10th bells are copied in facsimile onto the new bells. The bells have modern cast iron headstocks and all run on self-aligning ball bearings. They are hung in the north-east corner of the tower, and the ringing chamber is partitioned off from the rest of the tower. A semitone bell was added (Flat 6th) also cast by Taylor of Loughborough in 1991, this is numbered 5a making the total 13 available to campanologists.
Address of Tower:
Tewkesbury Abbey
Church Street
Tewkesbury, England
Still Operational: yes
Number of bells in tower?: 13
Relevant website?: [Web Link]
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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Unknown
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