Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Michael, Workington: bell ringing


included in:-	St Michael, Workington
	St Michael, Workington: bell ringing
locality type:-	ring of bells

	BRJ06.jpg Belfry; wood frame. (taken 2.9.2009) BRI97.jpg Bell ropes. (taken 2.9.2009)

	BRJ01.jpg Description of old bells cast by Pack and Chapman, 1775, made by Mears and Stainbank, 1889. (taken 2.9.2009) BRJ07.jpg Bell, cast by John Taylor and Co. (taken 2.9.2009) BRJ08.jpg Bell, cast by John Taylor and Co. (taken 2.9.2009) BRJ09.jpg Bell wheels. (taken 2.9.2009) BRJ10.jpg Bell, cast by John Taylor and Co; notice the inscription for Pack and Chapman (taken 2.9.2009) BRJ03.jpg White board with 'methods'; the bell wheels here are fiited with sensors which allows silent ringing when teaching new ringers. (taken 2.9.2009)

	BRJ13.jpg Bellringing trophy. (taken 2.9.2009) BRJ14.jpg Bellringing trophy:- "CHALLENGE SHIELD / for the [ ] of the art of / Change Ringing designed by Edith Rawnsley / and PRESENTED to / The CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS / by the Rev. Canon Rawnsley [ ] 1895." (taken 2.9.2009) BRJ15.jpg Bellringing trophy. (taken 2.9.2009) BRI98.jpg Bellringing trophy, winners 1907. (taken 2.9.2009)

Dove data:-	scale:-
	F sharp, G sharp, A sharp, B, C sharp, D sharp, E sharp, F sharp
	Complete octave; intervals TTSTTTS; F sharp major.
	Bells cast by John Taylor and Co, 1958.
	Dove 2009 www.dove.cccbr.org.uk

notes:-	A letter to Pack and Chapman, London, 31 January 1775, suggest that the bell frame should be made to accommodate 8 bells, allowing for 2 to be added later. The 6 bells were taken to Workington by sea, arriving 19 September 1775. The tenor was recast in 1810; two bells were added in 1904; the whole ring was recast by John Taylor and Co, with inscriptions preserved, 1956.
	:: Parish Church of St Michael Workington; the Story So Far::: leaflet available in church

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