Bell Tower - Christ Church - Coalville, Leicestershire
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N 52° 43.379 W 001° 22.048
30U E 610255 N 5842705
Bell tower of Christ Church, Coalville.
Waymark Code: WMVYG2
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/11/2017
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"The tower contains four bells, played on a clavier and has embattled parapets; access to the church is via the main west door, located in the ground floor stage of the tower. The local historian, Edgar Hawthorn, claims that construction of the church was funded by George Stephenson, though this assertion has been called into question by more recent historians.
The tower contained a single bell until 1936, when a further three bells were presented by Dr Francis E. Knowles of America. Dr Knowles had ordered these bells from the foundry of John Taylor at Loughborough, but in the meantime, the church in America was destroyed by a tornado. Through the influence of the then vicar, the Reverend W. A. J. Martyr, Dr Knowles (originally of Melbourne in Derbyshire) was persuaded to present them to Christ Church, Coalville."
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