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The church tower was
designed to house a bell or bells. It was proposed in 1906 that it should
contain a peal of five tubular bells, but the project was abandoned, in part to
preserve the peace of the neighbouring BNH. As traffic noise increased, the
neighbourhood was no longer peaceful and the sound of bells could be allowed.
In the absence of real bells, use was once made of a recording. The present bell was
made in 1955, one of many Trinity House bells used on buoys around the UK
coastline to warn ships of hidden rocks or other dangers at night or in sea
fog. Cast by John Taylor of Loughborough, it bears the name and coat of arms
of Gillett and Johnson who machined and tuned it. No longer needed for its
original purpose, it was consigned to a scrapyard and later recycled for use
as a church bell. It measures 605mm across its mouth and is harmonically
tuned to the note F. Rather than swinging
to and fro with a clapper inside, the bell is struck with a trigger hammer
operated by a bellpull at the Click here if you did not hear the sound of the bell in
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