Thurgarton St Peter

Bells

In the belfry

A ring of six bells tuned to the key of A

  Inscription Size Weight Date
1

Thurgarton 2006

   4.2.1 2006
2

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   3.3.10 2006
3

J TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH MDCCCXCII

   4.3.6 1892
4

JESUS BE OUR SPEEDE
R ARNOLD WARDEN 1699

RECAST BY
IOHN TAYLOR & CO
FOUNDERS
LOUGHBOROUGH
1954

30" 5.0.22 1699
5

I sweetly toling men do call to taste on meals that feeds the soule 1607

 31½" 5.1.17 1607

6

THOMAS HOLLAND AND RANDVLL PEARS WARDENS 1618

 35½" 7.2.9 1618

Originally three bells were set at a much higher level in the tower but in 1954 were lowered and rehung in a new metal frame cast by Taylors. At the same time the old treble (now fourth) which was the work of William Noone and of poor tone was recast. Bells two and three (now five and six) were cast by Henry II Oldfield of Nottingham and both retain their canons.

The peal was augmented in 2000 by a second hand bell from the redundant church of St Andrews, Sharrow in Sheffield. This bell was donated by Mr Rowland Hoggard of Priory Farm, Thurgarton in memory of his son Andrew - a brass plaque at the base of the tower stairs reads:

The fourth bell was added to the peal on 29th October 2000 in memory of Andrew Stuart Hoggard 1954-1972

Local fundraisers purchased two further bells in 2006; both were newly cast in Sheffield and hung by Hayward Mills of Nottingham.

The bellframe is essentially a Pickford type 8.1.B metal frame of 1954 with the addition of X-braces on the east side dating from the augmentation in 2000.