The Bells and Chimes of Worsley Parish Church after their recasting and remodelling
When Handel came to England in the early eighteenth century, he found the practice of) bell-ringing so popular that he called the country the ' Ringing Isle ', and he has been credited with the statement that the bell is our national heritage. Today there are in the country at least 80,000 bells. mostly hung for change-ringing in peals of five, six, eight, ten, or twelve bells.