Bells on Sunday

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Bells on Sunday: St Leonard's church, Shipham in Somerset

St Leonard's church, Shipham in Somerset

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Bells on Sunday comes from St Leonard's church, Shipham in Somerset.

Bells on Sunday comes from St. Leonard's church, Shipham in Somerset.

Bells on Sunday, comes from St. Leonard's church, Shipham in Somerset. The current building dates from 1843 and sits on the site of a smaller, mediaeval church.  It is unusual in having an octagonal castellated bell-tower. There are six bells, four of which were cast by Thomas Bilbie of Chew Stoke in 1733.  The Tenor bell weighs six hundredweight and is tuned to the note of B flat.  We hear them ringing Plain Bob Doubles.

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