St Mary and St Nicholas Church Tower in Leatherhead, Surrey. UK
Posted by: 
dave-harris
N 51° 17.556 W 000° 19.633
30U E 686351 N 5685756
A ring of ten in this church are still in use today
Waymark Code: WMFQVM
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/20/2012
Views: 1
St Mary and St Nicholas Church tower was built in 1480 and the bells have been rung in this church ever since. But originally back in 1549 the church tower had only four bells, but by the 1720s there was a ring of six bells.
Bell ringing flourished in the later 18th Century and in April 1792 the Vestry Meeting ordered that the six bells be recast into eight, with additional metal as required, and then finally increased to the present ten in 1877.
The Treble weighs in at 6 cwt (305kg) and the big Tenor bell weighs an enormous 19 cwt (966kg).
A lot more information and old photographs can be found on the web link below
Address of Tower:
St mary & St Nicholas Church
Church Road
Leatherhead, Surrey United Kingdom
KT22 8AY
Still Operational: yes
Number of bells in tower?: 10
Relevant website?: [Web Link]
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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Unknown
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