Whittington, St Giles
Church Street, Whittington WS14 9JX
Contact: Sara Dyott (01543 262300)
Email: saradyott@mail.com
Practice night: Wednesday 19:30
Sunday service: 09:00 - 09:30, 18:00 - 18:30
History
The tower originally contained an anticlockwise ring of three bells which had not been rung full circle in living memory. These bells were replaced by a ring of six transferred from St James, Prebend Street, Islington, London in 1991. The ‘new’ bells were hung in a two-tier metal frame for eight designed by Eayre & Smith and constructed by John Brosh of Williford Farm and Engineering Co. Beneath the lower frame hangs the old treble (as a sanctus bell) and tenor (as a Clock bell) sounded by solenoids. They were augmented to eight in 2008 in memory of Bernard Townsend who had driven the original project.