Bell Tower - St Nicholas - Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire
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N 52° 35.046 W 001° 36.128
30U E 594708 N 5826923
Bell tower of St Nicholas' church, Baddesley Ensor, with a ring of 2 bells.
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Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/23/2017
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"The smaller bell hung in the previous Norman church and was transferred when the new church, designed by Henry Clutton, was built in 1846. The tower is over the South Transept, or vestry, and, unusually, the stairs to the tower also give access to the pulpit.
The larger bell was provided for the new church. It swings north-south in an oak frame in the centre of the tower provided by the founder in 1846. The cost of this bell was £106/19/9. It sounds a note between F and E natural.
The smaller bell is hung to the east of the larger bell. There is a large piece missing from the soundbow of the smaller bell. The smaller bell cannot be rung and it is thought to be inadvisable to ring the larger bell.
Details Of The Bells
1 Joseph Smith, Edgbaston 1706 2½cwt 1020.5Hz (C-44c)
2 C & G Mears, London 1846 14-2-11 682.5Hz (F-40c)"
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