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Bells on Sunday: St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh

17/04/2016

St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh

BBC Radio 4 - Bells on Sunday, St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh

Church bells from the church of St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh.

This week's Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh, Scotland. This Grade A listed building was completed in 1784 and serves the Edinburgh New Town Parish. The church is notable for its elliptical plan, the first as such in Great Britain. The tower holds a peal of 8 bells cast by William & Thomas Mears of London in 1788. The tenor weighs fourteen and a half hundredweight and is tuned to E. This week we hear part of a full peal of Marlborough Surprise Major.

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