Cleobury Country

Cleobury Mortimer Bellringers

The Tower of St Mary's Church

The Tower of St Mary's Church

Ringing on Practice Night

Ringing on Practice Night

The Tenor Bell

The Tenor Bell

The Cleobury Mortimer Bellringers ring in the tower of Saint Mary’s Church and are members of the Hereford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers in the Bridgnorth District. We practice on Tuesdays from 7pm, where new ringers are always welcome!, and regularly ring for Sunday Church services from 9am. We also ring for Wedding and Funeral services as well as peals and quarter peals for other events.

Recent News

The 250th anniversary of the re-casting of the bells was celebrated last year, including a peal of 5040 Doubles in 5 methods rung on the 8th December. Commemorative tea towels from this event are still available, please contact Alec (contact information below) for details.

Tower History

The tower itself dates back to the late Norman period (c. 1160), although the spire itself is a later addition, and today houses a peal of six bells. The current peal of bells was re-cast in 1757 by Abel Rudhall of Gloucester (the date of the first casting is unknown). The ringing chamber also houses a pendulum clock dating back to 1772 which remains in operation and chimes the hour to this day.

The inscriptions, weights and pitches of the six bells are as follows:

  1. Hark to our Melody. AR. 1757. (5.5cwt D#) [Treble]
  2. Abel Rudhall cast us all, 1757. (6cwt C#)
  3. Peace and good neighbourhood, A.R. (7cwt B)
  4. J. Atwood, Vicar, 1757. (6cwt A#)
  5. Richard Dorset, Will Oseland, Ch. War, A.R., 1757 (9.75cwt G#)
  6. I to the Church the living call and to the grave do summon all. (13cwt F#) [Tenor]

The Ringers

Our local band is as follows:

Useful Links

Hereford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers

Central Council of Church Bellringers

The Ringing World

Campanophile


Tower Captain: Alec Osbaldiston, Threshers Barn, Angel Bank, Bitterley

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