[Bell Historians] Ludlow

[David Bryant]

"I do not know the bells" ...there you have the answer.

Too big and too high in a fairly wobbly central tower."

And a lantern tower, which probably means there is no room to hang the bells
any lower (I've not been up there, but from photos of the church this
appears to be the case).

 

If I remember rightly (and I think I do) there was a plan a few years back
to augment the existing eight to 12 plus a sharp 2nd, using the two
Kidderminster bells as the trebles of 12, but this idea was abandoned
because the tower wasn't considered to be strong enough, hence the
subsequent remodelling to a lighter ten.

 

It makes sense once you know the circumstances!



David 

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