♫ Claire ♫
The Bell Tower, St Nicholas' Church, Wrentham, Suffolk
IN THIS TOWER WAS RUNG ON
DECEMBER 31ST 1926 BY SIX MEMBERS OF
THE SUFFOLK GUILD
IN TWO HOURS AND FORTY SIX MINUTES,
A PEAL OF MINOR 5040 CHANGES,
BEING 720 EACH OF CAMBRIDGE
AND NORWICH SURPRISE, PLAIN BOB,
DOUBLE COURT, WOODBINE, KENT
AND OXFORD TREBLE BOB.
TENOR 10 1/2 CWT.
JOHN SPENCER TREBLE
WILLIAM C BUNN 2
EDGAR BAILEY 3
GEORGE LEE 4
ALBERT J.L. NAUNTON 5
FRANCIS W. NAUNTON TENOR
CONDUCTED BY FRANCIS W. NAUNTON.
THIS PEAL CAME INTO ROUNDS AT MIDNIGHT.
This plaque is located in the Bell Tower behind the Tower Screen.
There are six bells. The 'second' is the earliest known one made by John Clark and is dated 1606. The treble and the third were cast by Thomas Gardiner in 1723 and 1714 respectively. The fourth and fifth were cast in 1906 by Mears & Stainbank and the tenor was cast by Llewellins & James in 1905. The bells were described as ‘not in tune’ at the end of the 19th century and may suggest why two bells were recast and another added at the beginning of the 20th century.
The Bell Tower, St Nicholas' Church, Wrentham, Suffolk
IN THIS TOWER WAS RUNG ON
DECEMBER 31ST 1926 BY SIX MEMBERS OF
THE SUFFOLK GUILD
IN TWO HOURS AND FORTY SIX MINUTES,
A PEAL OF MINOR 5040 CHANGES,
BEING 720 EACH OF CAMBRIDGE
AND NORWICH SURPRISE, PLAIN BOB,
DOUBLE COURT, WOODBINE, KENT
AND OXFORD TREBLE BOB.
TENOR 10 1/2 CWT.
JOHN SPENCER TREBLE
WILLIAM C BUNN 2
EDGAR BAILEY 3
GEORGE LEE 4
ALBERT J.L. NAUNTON 5
FRANCIS W. NAUNTON TENOR
CONDUCTED BY FRANCIS W. NAUNTON.
THIS PEAL CAME INTO ROUNDS AT MIDNIGHT.
This plaque is located in the Bell Tower behind the Tower Screen.
There are six bells. The 'second' is the earliest known one made by John Clark and is dated 1606. The treble and the third were cast by Thomas Gardiner in 1723 and 1714 respectively. The fourth and fifth were cast in 1906 by Mears & Stainbank and the tenor was cast by Llewellins & James in 1905. The bells were described as ‘not in tune’ at the end of the 19th century and may suggest why two bells were recast and another added at the beginning of the 20th century.