For this church: |
Annesley |
No 1 | This bell was given by Patricius Viscount Chaworth 1682 Diameter 26 inches Weight 4 cwt 1qtr |
No 2 | The gift of J Chaworth Musters Esq 1859 John Taylor & Company, Loughborough Diameter 28 inches Weight 4 cwt 1qtr |
Dawson states that the old No 2 bell, replaced by the above, carried the inscription God Save His Church 1692 and may have been by William Noone.
No 3 | John Taylor & Co, Founders 1874 Diameter 31 inches Weight 6 cwt |
No 4 | God Save The Church 1634 G A W B Diameter 32 inches Weight 6 cwt 1 qtr |
No 5 | This bell was given to the town of Annesley by Patricius Viscount
Chaworth 1682 Diameter 37 inches Weight 9 cwt |
Pearson believes that the No 3 bell was probably a recasting of the original bell, dating from when the tower was built in the fourteenth century.
Sadly, these five bells, together with the special sixth one, were completely destroyed in the New Church fire of 1907.