TECHNICAL INFORMATION
The Bells of the
Church of St. Mary, Lydiard Tregoz
Bell |
Note |
Diameter |
Founder |
Year |
Weight |
|
|
Inscription | ||||
|
|
D# |
2’ 41/8’’ |
John Taylor, Loughborough |
1964 |
4-3-9 |
|
Treble |
‘IN MEMORY
OF
CANON W H
WILLETTS LATE RECTOR
AND EDITH
HIS WIFE
1964’
‘THE LORD
PRESERVE THY GOING OUT AND THY COMING IN’ | ||||
|
|
C# |
2’ 71/8’’ |
Roger Purdue, Bristol |
1635 |
6-0-26 |
|
Second |
‘ANNO
DOMINI 1635’ | ||||
|
|
B |
2’ 87/8’’ |
Roger Purdue, Bristol |
1635 |
6-1-22 |
|
Third |
‘ANNO
DOMINI 1635’ | ||||
|
|
A# |
2’ 11’’ |
Roger Purdue, Bristol |
1635 |
7-1-26 |
|
Fourth |
‘ANNO
DOMINI 1635’ | ||||
|
|
G# |
3’ 01/2’’ |
John Taylor, Loughborough |
1964 |
8-3-20 |
|
Fifth |
‘WE WERE
CAST AT GLOCESTER BY AB:RUDHALL 1757’
plus Taylor
‘motif’ and ‘recast 1964’ | ||||
|
|
F#
(730Hz) |
3’ 53/8’’ |
W & R Cor, Aldbourne |
1701 |
11-2-20 |
|
Tenor |
Bears details of coat of arms, face and other monograms through the first line of the mulley groove. Beneath this is the inscription : -
‘JOHN NEATE
& THOMAS PIKE CWRC 1701’ | ||||
The bells were rehung on a steel frame in 1964, with the original fourth being recast, and a new treble added.