Harby with Swinethorpe All Saints

Bells

In the belfry
among the bells

Tower Bells

The five bells in the tower were cast by John Taylor and Co of Loughborough in 1877. They were the gift of Miss Ellen Freeth of Standard Hill, Nottingham. They are hung in a low-sided wooden frame and still have their original wooden headstocks and wheels, though the pulley blocks and bearings have been recently refurbished. Each of the five bells is inscribed with the founder’s name, date and a line from the dedication, reading together:

Ellen Freeth
Whilst yet alive
Gave Harby church
This peal of five
Ellen Freeth donor 1877

Details of the bells are:

  Inscription Size Weight
1

I TAYLOR AND CO FOUNDERS LOBORO 1877

ELLEN FREETH

 24¾" 3.0.21
2

I TAYLOR AND CO FOUNDERS LOBORO 1877

WHILST YET ALIVE		 26⅜" 4.0.8
3

I TAYLOR AND CO FOUNDERS LOBORO 1877

GAVE HARBY CHURCH		 26¾" 4.0.26
4

I TAYLOR AND CO FOUNDERS LOBORO 1877

THIS PEAL OF FIVE		 30¼" 5.0.9
5 in
B flat

I TAYLOR AND CO FOUNDERS LOBORO 1877

ELLEN FREETH DONOR 1877		 34¼" 7.0.21

The bells are well maintained and regularly rung.

The old bell

Old Bell

The bell from the old church is unhung and remains in the body of the church. It is dated 1773, and although otherwise uninscribed appears to be from the Whitechapel foundry.