Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | ring of bells, Hawkshead | |
| site name:- | St Michael and All Angels Church | |
| locality:- | Hawkshead | |
| parish |
Hawkshead parish, once in
Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| ring of bells | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD35189806 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD39
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| 1Km square | SD3598 | |
| Rung by the Lancashire Association of Change Ringers. | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Ringing chamber, bell ropes. -- 14.2.2010 | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Peal board, the first peal on the bells, 1911 -- 14.2.2010 | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Peal board, Plain Bob Triples 1973 and 1974. -- 14.2.2010 | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Peal board, 25200 changes of Grandsire Triples 1995. -- 14.2.2010 | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Peal board, Plain Bob Triples 1988, and Grandsire Triples 1990. -- 14.2.2010 | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Peal board, Grandsire Triples 1964. -- 14.2.2010 | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Peal board, Bob Major 1958. -- 14.2.2010 | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Peal board, Plain Bob 1949. -- 14.2.2010 | ||
 ring of bells, Hawkshead -- St Michael and All Angels Church -- Hawkshead -- Hawkshead -- Cumbria / -- Hand bells -- 14.2.2010 | ||
| source:- |
Dove 2009
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| diocese:- | Carlisle Diocese | |
| coordinates:- |
SD352981 | |
| coordinates:- |
54d 22.4m N 2d 59.9m W | |
| locality:- | Hawkshead | |
| Dove data |
number of bells: 8
weight of tenor: 7 cwt 3 qtr 1 lb (869lbs) pitch of tenor: G sharp (820Hz) scale:- G sharp, A sharp, B sharp, C sharp, D sharp, E sharp, Fx, G sharp Complete octave; intervals TTSTTTS; G sharp major.Bells 1-2 cast by John Taylor and Co, 1958; 3-6 and 8 by James Harrison, 1765; 7 perhaps by J Stevenson, 1810. Dove 2009 | |
| Data courtesy of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers | ||
| references |
Handley, Diana: 1983: Notes on Furness Branch Bells:::
inscriptions and history
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| notes |
Up to 1765 the church had a ring of 3 bells; they were
replaced by a ring of 6 cast and hung by James Harrison,
Barrow, Lincolnshire, 1765. Two old bells were taken in part
payment, the other was sold to Samuel Irton, Irton Hall.
Bell 5 was recast 1810. All bearings were renewed in 1876,
and the bells quarter turned in 1911. The wooden bell frame
was replaced by iron, and two bells added, 1958. A peal of
Bob Major was rung to celebrate the new ring of 8.
Treble, foundry mark of John Taylor and Co; inscribed:- [Ad maiorem Dei gloriam atque in piam memoriam / Edwini Del Sandys - x - XIX Feb. MDCCCXCVII / Clarissae Marion Sandys - x - II Nov. MCMXLIII / Mervyni Keats sandys - x - XXII-XXIII Oct. MCMXIV / hanc campanam faciendam curavit / Georgius Owen sandys A.D. MCMLVIII.] Bell 2, foundry mark of John Taylor and Co; inscribed:- [Vivos voco mortuos plango / in Nomine Patris Filii et Spiritus Sancti / A.D. MCMLVIII.] Bell 3, which was the treble of the ring of 6, cast by James Harrison; inscribed:- Barrow J.H. 1765 [Awake, awake, day is restored, / Awake, arise, to praise the Lord, / Reguard, look to, the peal I lead.] Bell 4 cast by James Harrison; inscribed:- Barrow J.H. 1765 [We to the first must take good heed.] Bell 5 cast by James Harrison; inscribed:- Barrow J.H. 1765 [In the third place I take my swing.] Bell 6 cast by James Harrison; inscribed:- Barrow J.H. 1765 [I mind the third when we do ring.] Bell 7 cast by James Harrison; inscribed:- Barrow J.H. 1765 [In the fifth place I give my sound.] Tenor cast by James Harrison; inscribed:- Barrow J.H. 1765 [I close the peal, ring the bells round.] Thompson, T W: 1974 (4th edn): Hawkshead Church Chapelry and Parish: Hawkshead PCC:: leaflet available in church | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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