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Category: Individual sets of bells

Coventry Cathedral – old ten

Posted on 4th January 2022 (7th January 2022) by Bill Hibbert

Sound re-created: WAH 8/5/04 Prior to the casting and installation of the current peal of twelve (originally a chime of 14), Coventry had a peal of ten which were by reputation one of the finest tens of their age – they were originally cast by Pack and Chapman in 1774 (though the 6th was recast […]

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St Mary, Hale, Merseyside

Posted on 31st December 2021 (5th January 2022) by Bill Hibbert

This church, with a 14th century tower and a nave of 1754, was burnt to the ground by vandals in 1977. The original peal of bells, a Dobson 6, were destroyed in the blaze. The church has been completely restored, and now has a unique peal of bells, comprising six steel bells originally hung at […]

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