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Details of the Present Bells
No. Note Dia. Inscription Weight Founder
Date
1 D# 2' 3" + D. D.F.W. WANSBOROUGH+
FECIT TAYLOR MCMXXXVIII
4-0-23 Taylor
1938
2 C# 2' 5" + D. D.F.W. WANSBOROUGH+
FECIT TAYLOR MCMXXXVIII
4-3-21 Taylor
1938
3 B 2' 7" + D. D.F.W. WANSBOROUGH+
FECIT TAYLOR MCMXXXVIII
5-3-4 Taylor
1938
4 A# 2' 8½" + D. D.F.W. WANSBOROUGH+
FECIT TAYLOR MCMXXXVIII
6-1-0 Taylor
1938
5 G# 2' 11" +GLORIA IN EXCELLSIS DEO 1621+ W. C. + 6-2-21 William Clibury
1621
6 F# 3' 2½" JESUS BE OUR SPEED 1616 8-3-0 William Clibury
1616
The tenor of the original ring of three, cast by John Scott of Wigan in 1664, was found, in 1938, to be cracked and could not be used in the augmentation.
It now resides at the bottom of the tower and bears the inscription:
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO CW WD IB 1664
W
IS

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