Bells
The ring is of six bells. Four of these were cast by Abel Rudhall in 1753, the other two being by Mears & Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry dated 1902.
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79°00′30″W / 35.75167°N 79.00833°W / 35.75167 -79.00833 Bells is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, North Carolina, south of ... Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Bells, North Carolina Municipalities and communities of Chatham County, North Carolina, United States County seat Pittsboro ...
... The ring consists of eight bells cast by John Taylor and Company of Loughborough in 1911 ... The earliest mention of bells in the churchwardens' accounts is in 1692 ... Until 1877 there were six bells, two more being cast by Taylor's and added that year ...
... The church is famous for its 8 bells due to the famous song "The Bells of Shandon" by Francis Sylvester Mahony ... Today, visitors can climb to the first floor and ring the bells themselves ... The original inscriptions are retained on each bell ...
... The tower has a ring of eight bells ... Two later bells were cast by Rudhall of Gloucester in 1715 and 1758 ... The remaining bells were cast in the Whitechapel Bell Foundry by Thomas Mears II in 1817, and by Mears and Stainbank, two in 1895 and one in 1898 ...
... The original bells are a ring of three by Robert Crowch, each bearing his mark and the three leopard badge of the Plantagenets ...
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“Pancakes and fritters,
Say the bells of St. Peter’s.
Two sticks and an apple,
Say the bells of Whitechapel.
Kettles and pans,
Say the bells of St. Ann’s.”
—Unknown. The Bells of London (l. 7–12)
“I’m getting married in the morning,
Ding! dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Pull out the stopper;
Let’s have a whopper;
But get me to the church on time!”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)
“These days of disinheritance, we feast
On human heads. True, birds rebuild
Old nests and there is blue in the woods.
The church bells clap one night in the week.
But that’s all done. It is what used to be....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)