Daybrook St Paul

Bells

Bell turret

The tower contains a ring of eight bells dedicated in 1897, and at the junction of the nave and chancel is a turret containing two bells.

In the tower:

  Founder Date Diameter Weight
Cwt, qr, lb
1 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 24.75" 3.3.8
2 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 25.63" 3.3.3
3 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 27.33" 4.1.13
4 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1923 28.86" 4.3.19
5 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 31.18" 5.2.27
6 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 32.44" 6.0.11
7 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 34.96" 7.2.2
8 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 38.62" 9.2.3 G
Upper bellframe Main bellframe Orignal oak bellframe

Hung in a two-tier composite frame with the 3rd and 4th bells above. All bells on wooden headstocks, with 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th on ball-bearings (re-hung on ball-bearings in 1945).

The 4th bell was damaged in 1923 and re-cast. The old bell weighed 5.1.11.

The oak bellframe was in good condition in 1937.

The bells were rehung and tuned in 2013.

In the turret:

  Founder Date Diameter
1 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 13"
2 Mears & Stainbank, Founders, London 1897 14"

Whitechapel records show they were provided in 1894.