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 St Mary, Crosthwaite
St Mary, Crosthwaite: bell ringing

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BSL93.jpg  Peal board
"... A Peal of Plain Bob (720 changes) was rung in this Tower on Sunday March 13th. 1910. being the first peal accomplished by local Ringers ..." (taken 9.4.2010)  

Dove data:-  
scale:-
G, A, B, C, D, E
First 6 notes; intervals TTSTT; G major.
bells cast by John Warner and Sons, 1885.

Dove 2009
www.dove.cccbr.org.uk


Handley, Diana: 1983: Notes on Furness Branch Bells::: inscriptions and history

notes:-  
A tower was added to the church in 1626 at the cost of William Gilpin, Windyhowe, and gave 3 bells.
Bell 1 inscribed:-
"[Jesus be our speed.]"
Bell 2 inscribed:-
"[Soli Deo Gloria.]"
Bell 3 inscribed:-
"[A young man grave in Godliness William Gilpin by name gave ~50 to make these sounds to God's eternal fame.]"
A new tower was built, 1885, and:-
"... a peal of six bells and the necessary machinery for chiming same ..."
In 1773 the church at Kendal sold or gave 3 of their old bells to this church - one bell cast late 15th or early 16th century; two bells cast by Christopher Hodson, London, 1695. The metal of these bells was probably used in the new 6 cast by John Warner and Sons, 1885. The bell frame was wood with plain bearings; the ring was tuned and rehung with roller bearings by John Taylor and Co, Loughborough, 1982.

Windsor, E P L: 1997: St Mary's Church Crosthwaite::: leaflet available in church

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