Scarrington
St John of Beverley

Bells

Bell

Inscription

Dia. (")

Weight (cwt)

Date

Founder

1

Waist:   TRINITY HOUSE
Reverse waist, incised:   In memory of David
and Phyllis Stent
Cast on:   19[T]70
And Elsa & Edna
McMahon

23.5

2.3.21

1970

John Taylor & Co

2

TAYLORS EAYRE AND SMITH 2006
Waist:   GIVEN BY
SOUTHWELL DIOCESAN GUILD
OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS
TO MARK THE 60th ANNIVERSARY
OF IT’S FOUNDING
1946~2006.

25.5

3.0.2

2006

Taylors Eayre & Smith

3

Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis [123]

27.625

3.0.24

15th C

Leicester foundry

4

Ave mar I [124]

30

4.1.20

15th C

Unknown

5

(i) [82] [84] [82] [84]
(ii) [83] hec[82] campana [83][82] beate
[83][+79] trinitate [83] sacra [82] fiat

33.25

6.0.18

15th C

Unknown

6

All men that heare my mournful sound doth warning
give that men cannot heare always lyve 1620 [53]

36.5

8.0.24

1620

George I Oldfield

Bells 3-5 are medieval: the only other church in Nottinghamshire with a similar number of bells with a pre-Reformation date is Elkesley St Giles. Bell 3 is by an unknown Leicester foundry and dates from c.1450. The badge on Bell 4 displays the shield of the Kempe family; John Kempe was Archbishop of York 1426-52 so it is probable that the bell was produced by a York foundry. Bell 5 may also have originated in York, c.1450.

The bells in the 2002 frame The pre-2002 bellframe

In 2002 the medieval bells were removed and restored and work done on the tower. In April the bells were returned to the tower and augmented to four by the addition of a bell (Bell 6) from Plumtree. A new steel fabricated H frame for six bells was installed in the tower with the old frame retained and placed above the new frame. The bells were re-dedicated on 30 June during a service led by the Venerable Gordon Ogilvie, Archdeacon of Nottingham, during which they were rung for the first time for many years.

The bells were augmented to five in February 2004 when a second-hand buoy bell (Bell 1), cast by Taylors of Loughborough, was acquired from Trinity House through the assistance of the Keltek Trust, who help churches acquire surplus and/or redundant bells.

In 2007 the ring was completed by the addition of Bell 2, the missing second of six. The bell was donated by the Southwell Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers to celebrate the 60th anniversary of their founding.

A metal plaque inside the tower reads:

ST. JOHN OF BEVERLEY, CHURCH
SCARRINGTON

BELLS

Medieval Treble, Second and Tenor Bells
Restored as Third, Fourth and Fifth Bells – 2002

George Oldfield 1620 Tenor Bell
Donated by Mr & Mrs J Mackness – 2002

John Taylor 1970 Treble Bell
Donated by Mr & Mrs J. Flatman
In memory of David and Phyllis Stent
and Ailsa and Edna McMahon – 2004

New Second Bell
Given by the Southwell
Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers
To mark the 60th Anniversary
Of its Founding 1946-2006
Installed 2007