Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers

Established January 17 1881

St. Michael, Aston Tirrold, Oxon
Old North Berks branch of the ODG

St. Michael, Aston Tirrold ©KMC 1 Jan 2004

Dedication: St. Michael, Aston Tirrold

Service Ringing: Sun by arrangement

Practice night: by arrangement

The Bells (6) 11-3-23

Audibility: 4 - (On a scale of 1 to 5, 1=faint 5=very loud)

Access to ringing chamber: 4 steps up to external door then 20 wooden steps up spiral staircase

The following information comes from Andrew Bull
The inscriptions come from F. Sharpe The Church Bells of Berkshire.He visited the tower in 1939.
Now rehung and retuned by Whites of Appleton ~1980.

A ring of 6, tenor 13-0-0#, diameter 42”, tuned to F^#

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Strike note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
Treble	4-0-9	D^#	1937	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE VI. 1937. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. [Whitechapel foundry mark]
2	5-0-0#	C^#	1603	Joseph Carter	Reading	This [Fig 7] Bell [Fig 7] was [Fig 7] made 1603 J [D5] C. :::::::::::::: [E2 twice]
3	6-0-0#	B	1550#	Wokingham foundry	Wokingham	See below
4	7-1-0#	A^#	1617	Henry Knight I	Reading	HENRX KNXGHT MADE MEE ANO X6X7 HL WC [Cross]
5	10-0-0#	G^#	1639	Henry Knight I	Reading	LOVE GOD 1639
Tenor	13-0-0#	F^#	1760#	Lester & Pack	Whitechapel	[Fig 14] LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT [Fig 15]

Notes:

The tenor weight of 11-3-23 comes from the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers’ Annual Report, 2005.
The inscription on the second is in gothic lettering.
The inscription on the third is reproduced below.

The inscription on the third bell.
F. Sharpe The Church Bells of Berkshire page 52
The Clock and Sundial

Above: the clock mechanism, now electrically wound.

Left: the pair of sundials on the SW corner of the tower.

Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SU557861

Return to the Old North Berks Branch listings page