Denbigh Bells

It came to the attention of the North Wales Association in recent months that the Rector and PCC of Denbigh were interested in selling the bells in his Denbigh church as they had never been rung since they were first installed.  Following the actions of Jason Hughes, Denbigh bells have now been rung full circle and recorded.  There is a possibility that the bells may be brought back into ringing condition and the Rector and PCC are now interested in seeing this happen.

Denbigh Tower: Location and Details

A short clip of the recordings can be downloaded below.  It is intended that a description of the tower visits will be included in the near future.

Note: Left click your mouse to play in a browser window OR right click and choose save as to save to your PC and play later.

The inside recording is one whole pull of rounds. If you set your pc player
to continuous play it should produce never ending rounds.
Click to download inside recording (278k) - Denbigh_inside.wav

Outside is a recording of three whole pulls of Grandsire Triple.
Click to download outside recording (88k) - Denbigh_outside.wav

Download both in a zip file (283k) - Denbigh_Bells.zip

Both recorded by Nick Bowden on 13/04/2008

Details of the Bells are as follows:

Bell Weight Nominal Note  Cast Founder Canons
1 4-2-10  1450 Hz F+65 1873 Mears & Stainbank Y
2 4-2-26 1363.5 Hz E+59 1873 Mears & Stainbank Y
3 5-1-23 1205.5 Hz  D+44  1873 Mears & Stainbank Y
4 6-2-1 1081.5 Hz C+57 1873 Mears & Stainbank Y
5 7-1-2  959 Hz Bb+48  1873 Mears & Stainbank Y
6  8-2-3  898 Hz A+35  1873 Mears & Stainbank Y
7 10-0-11 792.5 Hz G+18  1873 Mears & Stainbank Y
8 14-2-11 712.5 Hz F+34 1873 Mears & Stainbank Y

Nominals reasonably well in tune. The 7th is flat and the front bells are somewhat stretched.