Stedman Cinques from Southwark Cathedral

Описание: Sunday morning ringing on the grand old twelve of Southwark Cathedral by The Southwark Cathedral Society of Bellringers, established 100 years ago. The Cathedral Church of St Saviour has a heavy ring of 12 bells, which hang in the imposing central tower which stands 163 and a half feet high. The tower was completed in 1528 and has a pair of windows on two tiers on each side and four prominent pinnacles.

In 1735 an old ring of eight was recast completely into a heavy ring of twelve by Samuel Knight of Holborn in London, Samuel Knight being a descendent of the Knights who began bellfounding in Reading in the 1500s. The tenor of this ring was 51cwt. Since that date, the 7th and the back three have all had to have been recast at various points.

The frame is the original one built to house Knight's new twelve in 1735. Notice that the end of the tenor pit has been carved to widen it to let the bell pass! It was strengthened when the bells were rehung in 1911 and the tenor recast and all new fittings supplied also at this point. During the war the bells were lowered to the ground for safety.

1 1735 Samuel Knight
2 1735 Samuel Knight
3 1735 Samuel Knight
4 1735 Samuel Knight
5 1735 Samuel Knight
6 1735 Samuel Knight
7 1931 Mears & Stainbank
8 1735 Samuel Knight
9 1735 Samuel Knight
10 1844 Charles & George Mears
11 1820 Thomas II Mears
12 1911 Mears & Stainbank (weight 48-0-9 (2443kg) in Bb)

If you would like to know more about this fascinating and grand ring of bells, I implore you to read more on this excellent history of the tower to which I am indebted for a lot of the above information.
http://www.southwark-bells.org.uk/his...

Also, the bells are needing rehanging work and to raise money for this, the master of the Southwark Cathedral Society has embarked upon a 1,200 mile bike ride to the extremeties of mainland UK, to raise funds for the rehanging of the bells. For more information on this, and to support the effort then visit this site http://pvsbigride.wordpress.com/about/