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 St Michael, Workington
St Michael, Workington: bell ringing
locality type:-   ring of bells


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BRJ06.jpg  Belfry; wood frame.
(taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRI97.jpg  Bell ropes.
(taken 2.9.2009)  


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BRJ01.jpg  Description of old bells cast by Pack and Chapman, 1775, made by Mears and Stainbank, 1889.
(taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRJ07.jpg  Bell, cast by John Taylor and Co.
(taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRJ08.jpg  Bell, cast by John Taylor and Co.
(taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRJ09.jpg  Bell wheels.
(taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRJ10.jpg  Bell, cast by John Taylor and Co; notice the inscription for Pack and Chapman
(taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRJ03.jpg  White board with 'methods'; the bell wheels here are fiited with sensors which allows silent ringing when teaching new ringers.
(taken 2.9.2009)  


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BRJ13.jpg  Bellringing trophy.
(taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRJ14.jpg  Bellringing trophy:-
"CHALLENGE SHIELD / for the [ ] of the art of / Change Ringing designed by Edith Rawnsley / and PRESENTED to / The CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS / by the Rev. Canon Rawnsley [ ] 1895." (taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRJ15.jpg  Bellringing trophy.
(taken 2.9.2009)  
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BRI98.jpg  Bellringing trophy, winners 1907.
(taken 2.9.2009)  

Dove data:-  
scale:-
F sharp, G sharp, A sharp, B, C sharp, D sharp, E sharp, F sharp
Complete octave; intervals TTSTTTS; F sharp major.
Bells cast by John Taylor and Co, 1958.

Dove 2009
www.dove.cccbr.org.uk

notes:-  
A letter to Pack and Chapman, London, 31 January 1775, suggest that the bell frame should be made to accommodate 8 bells, allowing for 2 to be added later. The 6 bells were taken to Workington by sea, arriving 19 September 1775. The tenor was recast in 1810; two bells were added in 1904; the whole ring was recast by John Taylor and Co, with inscriptions preserved, 1956.

:: Parish Church of St Michael Workington; the Story So Far::: leaflet available in church

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