Barnstone St Mary

Bells

Bells

There are two bells in the western turret. Both these bells were recast and rehung dead by Taylors of Loughborough in 1956. Previously the two bells were inscribed ‘1629’ and the second was blank. They have now been rehung for swing chiming by Hayward Mills Associates.

  Inscription Size Weight
1

[Blank]
Waist: RECAST 1956
JOHN WARD
CHURCHWARDEN

20" 1.3.10 cwt
2

1629
Waist: RECAST 1956
JOHN WARD
CHURCHWARDEN

22" 2.0.14 cwt

In 1552, the Edward VI inventory recorded two bells.