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Immediately above the ringing room is the bell chamber. On this floor the windows are unglazed wood-louvred windows to allow sound of the bells to escape from the tower.
The peal of six bells was cast by Rudhall of Gloucester in 1732, some forty years before the present tower was built.
On Thursday 15th September at the Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry at Asten in southern Holland two new bells were cast to bring the ring of six bells up to a peal of eight. A new treble bearing the name "Melangell" is the gift of the Rev Canon John Whelan and the new Tenor bearing the name "Cloch y Clochganwyr" (Ringers' Bell) is the gift of the ringers themselves.
The foundry had also cast a replacement of our existing Tenor (the new 7th). This bell was cast later than the original 1732 bells and has proved to be of extremely poor quality resembling Aero chocolate under the outer skin. Its replacement or "recast" carries a facsimile copy of the original inscription together with the current date and names of the Vicar and Churchwardens.
The recording which plays with the loading of this page is of the new peal of eight bells.
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