The bells at St Andrew’s were cast by Taylor’s during one of their halcyon days – in 1914.<\/p>\n
They are a 15cwt ring of eight, hung on a standard Taylor’s low-sided cast iron frame with Hastings stays.\u00a0 The inscriptions on the middle six include facsimiles of those on the previous six bells, cast in 1780.<\/p>\n
| No.<\/td>\n | Weight<\/td>\n | Frequency<\/td>\n | Note<\/td>\n | Diameter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 1<\/td>\n | 3-2-0<\/td>\n | 1416.0<\/td>\n | F<\/td>\n | 25.00″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2<\/td>\n | 3-3-23<\/td>\n | 1335.0<\/td>\n | E<\/td>\n | 26.00″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 3<\/td>\n | 4-1-23<\/td>\n | 1189.0<\/td>\n | D<\/td>\n | 28.00″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 4<\/td>\n | 5-1-13<\/td>\n | 1062.0<\/td>\n | C<\/td>\n | 30.38″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 5<\/td>\n | 6-3-22<\/td>\n | 944.0<\/td>\n | Bb<\/td>\n | 33.38″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 6<\/td>\n | 8-1-9<\/td>\n | 890.0<\/td>\n | A<\/td>\n | 35.25″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7<\/td>\n | 10-2-1<\/td>\n | 794.0<\/td>\n | G<\/td>\n | 38.88″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8<\/td>\n | 15-1-18<\/td>\n | 708.0<\/td>\n | F<\/td>\n | 44.13″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The bells are magnificent.\u00a0 It is a shame that the same cannot be said for the ringing chamber!\u00a0 This is (currently, at least) on the ground floor and, with a poorly-fitting West door combined with a ceiling some 30ft high make it impossible to heat adequately in winter.\u00a0 It is, however, pleasant on a balmy summer’s day to ring with the door wide open and welcoming to the many passers-by.<\/p>\n There are significant discussions about the future development of the whole church building.\u00a0 Till they are a good deal further advanced, thoughts of redecoration are somewhat premature.<\/p>\n We are one of the few (6 at the last count) towers to use a full set of Yorkshire tail-ends.\u00a0 These are like a short and thin extra sallie at the tail end, rather than the more usual looped-back rope.\u00a0 We are proud of our tail ends!\u00a0 We keep them for historical reasons despite the extra cost and the need for a large stock of boxes for different-shaped ringers but we find that they are no harder to ring with than standard tail ends!\u00a0 Do come and try them out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kildwick’s bells The bells at St Andrew’s were cast by Taylor’s during one of their halcyon days – in 1914. They are a 15cwt ring of eight, hung on a standard Taylor’s low-sided cast iron frame with Hastings stays.\u00a0 The … Continue reading |