All Saints Church Bells

The 1553 inventory gives a Sanctus bell and three great bells. The three pre-reformation bells are still in use, the Sanctus bell may have been used for additional bell metal when new bells were cast.
Treble and second cast by John Warner London 1876.
Third Henry Pleasant Sudbury 1701 (Click here to see this bell)
Fourth Miles Gray Colchester 1671
Fifth Sancta KaterinaOra Pro Noblis pre 1538
Sixth Sum Rofa Pulfata Mundi Maria Tocata pre 1538
Seventh Stella Maria Maris Sucurre Pussima Nobilis pre 1538 reputed as the oldest bell of the three pre-reformation bells
Tenor Recast by John Warner 1875 from the bell of Stephan Toni cast in 1576. Stephan Toni was a noted bell founder of Bury St Edmunds.

These articles were collated & produced by Walter A Perry © 2008

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