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Bellringers
Ringing times are as follows:
Practice:
Every Friday, 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Service:
Every Sunday, 10.00am - 10.30am
Contact:
Simon Farrar (07764 191556) and Alistair Vorster
(07891 855217) , email: bellringers@rustwychurch.org
Facts about Twyford's
Bells
The tower was built in 1910
after a long campaign by the Vicar of Twyford, the
Rev. R W Acworth whose long term aim was to have a
peal of eight bells. The £700 needed was raised fairly
quickly because the bells were dedicated on Easter
Tuesday 1913.
The bells were cast by Mears
and Stainbank at the Whitechapel Bellfoundry in
London. The inscriptions on the bells and their
weights are:
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Bell
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Inscription
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Weight (Cwt qrs lb)
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Treble
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TO THE
HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD MOST HIGH, THISPEAL
OF EIGHT BELLS WAS PLACED IN THE PARISH
CHURCHOF TWYFORD, IN BERKSHIRE, IN THE YEAR
OF OUR LORD 1913.
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3 3 2
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Second
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MAY
GOD BLESS ALL WHOM WE DO CALL.
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4 0 26
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Third
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IN
MEMORY OF FATHER, MOTHER, SISTERS AND
BROTHERS, AND IN GRATITUDE FOR MANY MERCIES,
THIS BELL WAS GIVEN BY MARY HEDGES
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5 0 0
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Fourth
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HEAR
MY PRAYER, O GOD
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5 1 26
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Five
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NOW AT
LENGTH OUR BELLS ARE MOUNTED, IN THEIR HOLY
PLACE ON HIGH, EVER TO FULFIL THEIR MISSION,
MIDWAY TWIXT THE EARTH AND SKY
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6 0 26
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Sixth
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GLORY
TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
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7 3 4
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Seventh
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IN
MEMORY OF HENRY VEREY, AND ANNE PATIENCE HIS
WIFE, THIS BELL WAS GIVEN BY THEIR CHILDREN,
GRAND CHILDREN AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN
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9 2 12
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Tenor
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TO
COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE
FIFTH THIS BELL WAS BY GIVEN BY MANY
PARISHIONERS, GOD SAVE THE KING
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12 0
10
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The Bells are a first floor
ring with the tower accessed from the Church Centre
round the far side of the Church. The bells are still
hung on the original plain bearings.
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