Ardleigh, St Mary the Virgin

8 bells, 13-1-2 in F♯
Usual Practice Nights: tuesday
Access & Facilities: L T

GF – Ground Floor, S – Staircase, L – Ladder, T – Toilet

Additional Tower and Practice Information:

Practice night: Tuesdays 19.30 - 21.00. Please see here.

Sunday ringing: 10 - 10.30 am on 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month. For 5th Sunday please e-mail the tower contact to check

 

Bell Weight Note Diameter Date Founder Inscription
Treble 4-0-10 F# 26.00" 1954 John Taylor & Co
2 43865 E# 27.00" 1954 John Taylor & Co
3 39482 D# 28.63" 1676 John Darbie JOHN DARBIE MADE ME 1676
4 46058 C# 30.43" 1954 John Taylor & Co
5 39484 B 32.50" 1954 John Taylor & Co
6 44933 A# 34.00" 1954 John Taylor & Co
7 46031 G# 37.50" 1954 John Taylor & Co
Tenor 37269 F# 42.50" c1410 Robert Burford SUM ROSA PULSATA MUNDI MARIA VOCATA (in Old English script)

There were certainly two, probably three bells in the tower at the Reformation, 1553. In 1675 they were augmented to six, and in 1892 two additional trebles were added, making a ring of eight, and also a new wooden frame installed by Bowell. In 1955 the peal was restored by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, who recast all but the third and the tenor. When the bells were away at the foundry, the frame was treated with two coats of preservative. There is also a set of eight musical handbells which have been here for at least 60 years.