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St. Nicolas, Newbury, Berks
Newbury branch of the ODG
St. Nicolas, Newbury
St. Nicolas, Newbury
Dedication: St. Nicolas, Newbury

Service Ringing: Sun 9.10

Practice night: Mon 7.30pm

The Bells (10) 21-2-1

Access to ringing chamber: Spiral staircase

The following information comes from Andrew Bull. The inscriptions are copied from F.Sharpe The Church Bells of Berkshire. He visited the tower in 1943.

Frame: Cast iron side pattern, 1929, M. & S.
Gear: Cast iron headstocks, Fixed steel gudgeons, Self-aligning ball-bearings, Traditional English type wheels, Traditional stays, 1933, M. & S.

A ring of 10, tenor 21-2-1, tuned to D
Bell Weight
cwt-qr-lb		 Strike
Note		 Date
cast		 Founder Foundry
location		 Inscription
Treble 5-1-1 F# 1933 Mears & Stainbank Whitechapel M & S. LONDON. [M]
NEWBURY RINGERS GAVE ME 1933.
H. W. CURTIS, CAPTAIN.
W. H. ATKINS
A. BARBER
E. A. CROCKER
C. POOLE
A. POOLE
R. W. REX
C. CRAWFORD.
W. L. COOPER, M.A., RECTOR.
C. A. HAWKER, J.P., R. MARTIN, CHURCHWARDENS.
2 5-2-20 E 1933 Mears & Stainbank Whitechapel M & S. LONDON. [M]
NEWBURY RINGERS GAVE ME 1933.
E. CROCKER, SUB: CAPTAIN
W. H. Y. ATKINS
R. BUTCHER
H. T. E. CURTIS
E. A. PALMER
E. W. SMITH
A. J. WHITTLE
W. L. COOPER, M.A., RECTOR.
C. A. HAWKER, J.P., R. MARTIN, CHURCHWARDENS.
3 6-1-19 D 1803 James Wells Aldbourne S. GRIGG & CHS. BULL CH. WARDENS. : JAMES WELLS FECIT 1803 .·. .·. .·. .·. .·. .·. .·.
4 6-1-15 C# 1803 James Wells Aldbourne S. GRIGG & CHS. BULL CH. WARDENS. : JAMES WELLS FECIT 1803 .·. .·. .·. .·. .·. .·. .·.
5 6-3-7 B 1803 James Wells Aldbourne SAML. GRIGG & CHS. BULL CH. WARDENS : JAMES WELLS FECIT 1803 .·. .·.
6 8-0-18 A 1803 James Wells Aldbourne SAMUEL GRIGG & CHARLES BULL CHURCH WARDENS : JAMES WELLS FECIT 1803
7 10-1-3 G 1803 James Wells Aldbourne SAMUEL GRIGG & CHARLES BULL CHURCH WARDENS : JAMES WELLS ALDBOURN FECIT 1803 :
8 13-3-9 F# 1803 James Wells Aldbourne SAMUEL GRIGG & CHARLES BULL CHURCH WARDENS : JAMES WELLS ALDBOURN FECIT 1803 :
9 15-3-9 E 1803 James Wells Aldbourne SAMUEL GRIGG & CHARLES BULL CHURCH WARDENS : JAMES WELLS ALDBOURN WILTS FECIT 1803.:
Tenor 21-2-1 D 1803 James Wells Aldbourne THIS BELL WAS GIVEN BY HY. BENNETT 1724 AND RECAST WITH THE WHOLE PEAL, BY SUBSCRIPTION 1803, BY JAS WELLS ALDBOURN FECIT :
SAMUEL GRIGG & CHARLES BULL CHURCH WARDENS :

Notes:

  1. [M] is the Whitechapel Founder’s mark
  2. F.Sharpe, The Bells of Berks, page 188 states: The Bells were augmented to 10 in 1933. The new bells were dedicated on Palm Sunday and on Easter Monday an open ringing meeting was held. The then master of the ODG, Canon C.W.O. Jenkyn, rang the 2nd bell to a touch of Grandsire Caters and remarked "What a lovely peal, I must go outside and listen to them.". He had only walked about 100 yards before he collapsed with a heart attack and died within a few minutes. A photograph of his grave is stored with the bell information for East Garston
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Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SU471671 - Town car parks
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