Bells on Sunday

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Bells on Sunday: St George’s church in Didbrook, Gloucestershire

St George’s church in Didbrook, Gloucestershire

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Bells on Sunday comes from St George’s church in Didbrook, Gloucestershire.

Bells on Sunday, comes from St George’s church in Didbrook, Gloucestershire.  By 1706 the church had a ring of just four bells all cast by William Bagley of Northamptonshire. In 1911 these bells were recast and augmented to a ring of six by the John Taylor of Loughborough foundry.  The Tenor weighs six hundredweight and is tuned to the note of B.  We hear them ringing Grandsire Doubles.

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