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Stanford on Soar
St John the Baptist

Bells

A western tower containing a ring of 8 bells.

	Inscription	Size	Weight
1	+ IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKSGIVING TO THE LORD Waist: 1897	27"	4.1.24
2	+ AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME O MOST HIGHEST Waist: 1897	28"	4.3.23
3	+ K A T E R I N A Waist:   GOODWILL TOWARD MEN RECAST 1893 JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH	29"	5.0.10
4		30.75"	4.3.7
5	JESUS BE OURE SPEDE Waist:   RECAST 1893       Reverse waist:   JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH	33"	6.3.11
6	GOD SAVE OVR KING 1603	34"	6.1.10
7	+ ON EARTH PEACE Waist:   ‘CONSTANCE MARY’ 1893       Reverse waist:   JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH	39"	11.1.16
8 F	Glory to God in the highest Waist:   ‘RICHARD’ 1893       Reverse waist:   JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH	44.5"	15.3.18

Hung in two frames, the two trebles in a lowsided cast-iron frame above the back six which are in a cast-iron H frame with cast-iron headstocks. All bells were rehung on ball bearings in the late 1980s. The fourth bell is the work of the Seliok family circa 1500 and the sixth by Henry II Oldfield of Nottingham. These two bells were the two tenors of the old ring of four bells. The two trebles were cracked. The ring was restored in 1893 at the cost of R Ratcliffe of Stanford Hall.

Physical data of the old bells:

The old treble was by Thomas Newcombe of Leicester circa 1580 and the second by Henry II Oldfield.