Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- East Ilsley

Established January 17 1881

St. Mary, East Ilsley, Berks
Newbury branch of the ODG

St. Mary, East Ilsley

Dedication: St. Mary, East Ilsley

Service Ringing: Sun 8.45(1), 10.15

Practice night: Mon 7.30pm

The Bells (8) 8-1-13

Draught: Average
Audibility: 3 - (On a scale of 1 to 5, 1=faint 5=very loud)

Access to ringing chamber: Ground floor

The following information comes from F.Sharpe The Church Bells of Berkshire. He visited the tower in 1970.

Frame: rolled steel joists; M & S, 1921.
Gear: Cast iron headstocks, Fixed steel gudgeons, Self-aligning ball-bearings, Traditional English-type wheels, Traditional stays, 1921.
Old 6 by William Yare, 1612; old 8 (8.2.23) by Ellis Knight I, 1625.

A ring of 8, tenor 8-1-13, tuned to G

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Strike Note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
Treble	3-1-1	G	1921	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	*+ RING WE MERRILY UNTO GOD OUR STRENGTH* + 1921** [M]
2	3-1-25	F^#	1921	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	*+ GLORY TO GOD IN THANKFULNESS* +** [M] 1921
3	4-0-22	E	1921	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	+ 1914-1918 [M] A.J. W.J. B.M. A.M. H.N. W.P. E.W. H.W. E.M. F.B. A.W. F.W. W.D. V.G. R.W. E.G. R.T. A.S. G.L. O.M. G.C.
4	3-2-3	D	1589	Joseph Carter	Reading	Prayce ye the Lorde [C] i [D5]c 1589
5	3-3-15	C	1350#	Wokingham foundry	Wokingham	no inscription
6	4-1-23	B	1921	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	CAST 1612. W [Fleur-de-lys] Y. RECAST 1921 M & S. [M]
7	6-1-25	A	c1710	William & Robert Cor	Aldbourne	W R COR
Tenor	8-1-13	G	1948	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	[Ornamental border all round, copied from former bell] RXCHARD WXGHTXCK GAVE THXS BELL X625 [Fleur-de-lys] RECAST IN MEMORY OF RICHARD TOM HIBBERT FOR 29 YEARS SECRETARY OF THE OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 1948 [M] MEARS & STAINBANK LONDON

Notes:

[M] is the Whitechapel Founder’s mark
The initials on bell 3 are of those who died in World War I

Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SU493809 - Park in street but avoid the Manor drive

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