Babworth All SaintsBells
Three bells were hung in 1691 by the York foundry of Samuel I Smith, they are still in the tower though the treble was recast in 1959; at the same time three new bells were added, cast by Taylors of Loughborough.
The bellframe is a low-sided, cast-iron structure by Taylors of Loughborough, 1959.
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Inscription |
Size |
Weight |
1 |
JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH
CHRISTIAN
THY CALL RING CLEAR TO SERVE OUR
GOD
WHENCE CAME WITH GLADSOME GRACE AND VALUE
EDITH PICKWELL ELLIS
BELOVED WIFE OF
PERCY
HE HATH PUT A NEW
SONG IN MY MOUTH
1959 |
24.00" |
2-3-27 |
2 |
JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
RICHARD CLYFTON
1586-1605
'A GRAVE AND REVEREND PREACHER' (WILLIAM BRADFORD) |
25.38" |
3-1-6 |
3 |
JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THIS BELL WAS GIVEN Y THE
BARRON BELL TRUST
K.C.WALROND}
E.R.PENNELL} TRUSTEES
1959 |
27.63" |
4-0-6 |
4 |
VENITE EXVLTEMVS DOMINO 1691
RECAST 1959 |
28.50" |
4-1-4 |
5 |
GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO 1691 |
32.25" |
6-0-23 |
6 |
IN INCVNDITATE SONI SONABO TIBI DOMINI 1691 |
35.25" |
7-1-4 |
In 1740 it was recorded that there were three bells (presumably the three Samuel I Smith bells of 1691).
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