[Bell Historians] High Beach bells and Chime Barrel

[David Sloman]

Attached are some photos, Whitechapel did some work on the transmission,
replacing springs etc. in c1992/3

David Sloman.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 9:48 PM oliver Lee via Bell-historians <
bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:

> At one time I used to see Lucas quite regularly when he would come to our
> monthly 12 bell practices at Waltham abbey but as he now works for Taylors
> (in what capacity I don't know) I rarely see him and he's really hard to
> get hold of on social media , I would've gone up there today to have a look
> but as the Chap showing us around knew nothing about the bells and
> described everything Upstairs as being "shitty" I thought It would be best
> if I didn't push my luck although thinking about it now I probably
> should've told him that I  had come specifically to see them.  With the
> exception of a loose clavier and less then perfect acoustics the
> installation seemed to be in good order although I did notice that as in
> Clouston's day the tenor is still clocked by a chiming rope that goes down
> into the vestry below, I caught a glimpse of this as we went up and going
> by the fact that it was crudely coiled up I was of the impression that It
> wasn't regularly used.
> Oliver
>
>
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> *From:* Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces at lists.ringingworld.co.uk>
> on behalf of Mike Chester via Bell-historians <
> bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2026 19:28
> *To:* Bell Historians <bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk>
> *Cc:* Mike Chester <mikechester at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Bell Historians] High Beach bells and Chime Barrel
>
> Lucas Owen has a video about this chime
>
> https://youtu.be/bNDse6dQiCY?is=0LkUqKqjef9dHeJL
>
> It does not show upstairs at all, be he might be able to help. Sorry, I do
> not know his contact details.
>
> Mike
>
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> *From:* Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces at lists.ringingworld.co.uk>
> on behalf of oliver Lee via Bell-historians <
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> *Sent:* Monday, 31 August 2026 19:21:34
> *To:* 'Bell Historians' <bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk>
> *Cc:* oliver Lee <oliverbellringer at outlook.com>
> *Subject:* [Bell Historians] High Beach bells and Chime Barrel
>
> Today I was lucky enough to visit the Hemispherical Carillon at High beach
> and whilst I did manage to briefly chime them I unfortunately didn't get up
> to see them in person which was a real shame given that I have been trying
> to research some of their Early history. The bells themselves where cast by
> Mears but interestingly they where supplied to the church by a firm called
> Lund and Blockley who seem to have had a fixation with Carillons providing
> a weight driven chime Barrel which could supposedly play plain Hunt on
> eight or ten bells in addition to a regular clavier that is still there
> now, although the Barrel and equipment was still there when Ranald Clouston
> visited in the early 1970s I have been unable to work out if any of it
> still remains so I was wondering if anyone who has been to High Beach can
> verify this? The installation was overhauled shortly after Clouston's visit
> but from what I could see not much had changed
> Cheers
> Oliver lee
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