Brilley Church Herefordshire England
Brilley Church Herefordshire England
The Bacton Altar Cloth
A richly embroidered altar cloth, preserved for centuries in a small rural church in Bacton, Herefordshire, has recently been identified by experts as a piece of a sixteenth century dress, which may even have belonged to Queen Elizabeth I herself. Rumoured for centuries to be connected to the Tudor Queen via her servant, Blanche Parry, the story of this remarkable object is uncovered in a new book, from Historic Royal Palaces Joint Chief Curator Tracy Borman: ‘The Private Lives of the Tudors.’
Come and see the Altar Cloth in our new exhibition The Lost Dress of Elizabeth I from 12 October at Hampton Court Palace: hrp.org.uk/TheLostDress
Conservation of the Bacton Altar Cloth has been generously supported by: The Leche Trust; Lord Barnby's Foundation; The Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers; and, The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers.
St Mary's - Bacton - Suffolk
We visit another lovely Suffolk church but sadly another church which is firmly locked and unavailable to visit
Transformation of St Peter’s Church, Hereford
The decision was made by the Parochial Church Council to re-order the church building to enable it to be used for a variety of functions associated with the outreach works as well as the Sunday and Civic services. The three areas that the design was required to address were: providing an inviting entrance, which was accessible by all; providing an open plan, multi-use, flexible space that could be used for any activity; installing heating and services to enable the space to be warm, comfortable and useable.
Saint Mary's Church Craswall, Herefordshire
Mr H and the girls visit the quaint little village church of Saint Mary's at Craswall in Herefordshire before attempting to visit the border area between England and Wales but they are driven back by the snow.
St Faiths, BACTON, Herefordshire
1. 1907 John Warner & Sons
2. 1907 John Warner & Sons
3. 1710 Abraham Rudhall I
4. 1907 John Warner & Sons
tenor is 7cwt in Bb.
A beautiful west Herefordshire village, containing a church with chickens wandering around the churchyard, and 4 bells.
In the church is a large monument to Blanch Parry, a faithful servant of Queen Elizabeth I. At one point the bell installation was derelict and the tower was unsafe, so in 1907 the tower was restored, a new frame installed and a reconfigured ring of four installed in it. There are pits in the frame for two heavier bells to create a true ring of six.
For a picture of the monument to Elizabeth I's servant
The Kilpeck Church film
A film illustrating some of the features of the remarkable Norman Romanesque church at Kilpeck in Herefordshire by Curioso Media for Abalonian Films
Ringing at Bacton, St Faith
4 bell ringing at Bacton on district fun day
St Peter At Gowts, Lincoln
These are a complete 8cwt 1872 ring of 6 by Mears and Stainbank of London in a frame contemporary with the bells. They are hung very close to the top of a tall, thin Anglo-Saxon tower. These bells are now UNRINGABLE after efforts to restart a local practice and more regular ringing led to structrual problems in the joining of the church roof to the tower... This is a shame as work had been done on the bells to improve their go and painting of metal parts.
Video by TB
Badsey
The back six here were cast in 1706 by William Clark and Michael Bushell who were based in Evesham. Augmented in 1902 by M+S they make a quality old style olctave which for some reason sound far worse on this video than they actually do.
Ringing (outside) at Middle Littleton, Worcs
A short clip of ringing from Middle Littleton, Worcestershire on 28th January 2012.
Places of England: The Golden Valley (Season 1 : Episode 9)
Here is the ninth episode of the first series of Places of England, and for this episode, we will be looking at the Golden Valley in Herefordshire. Here is a list of villages that we will be visiting in this episode:
-Abbey Dore
-Bacton
-Dorstone
-Ewyas Harold
-Peterchurch
-Vowchurch
That is the whole entire list. Hope you enjoy watching this, and just a reminder that this episode was finished on Friday 13th July 2018, but I decided to upload it a day later.
Oxford Cathedral Bicester Oxfordshire
Oxford Cathedral may encourage you to leave the house more often and explore the many attractions of Bicester Oxfordshire. You may know the area well of you may still be weighing up your options and pros and cons of the various locals. If you need any assistance then please don’t hesitate to ask
Up In the Bell Chamber
The parts of a bell identified on a ringing bell Video segments were recorded by an unattended camera in the bell chamber of Miami's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Produced for new ringers who are visual learners, the video highlights the chief parts of a change ringing bell while they are in action.
Saint Saviours Church - Urbex
Exploring Saint Saviours Church, Bacup.
Explored on 01/03/16
The three at Middleton-On-the-Hill, Herefordshire
Ringing this medieval three, tenor 7.5 cwt in B flat. The treble was cast in 1450 by Richard I Belyetere and the other two by the Worcester foundry around 1410. The huge tower has plenty of space and it seems quite comical to only have the three ropes in the middle!
Ringing Belfast at Kingsland, Herefordshire
The start of a good go at Belfast Surprise Major at Kingsland, Herefordshire by Llandaff & Monmouth and Hopton Heath ringers. The tenor is 11-1-12 in F and the bells are a pleasing mixture of Taylor, Rudhall and Warner bells.
The Bells Chediston
A quiet walk through a Suffolk Churchyard
Bells of The Good Shepherd, Brighton
This church was built in the 1920s as the result of a bequest. It was decided to have a tower in 1925 and the bells were cast and installed in 1927 by Mears and Stainbank (now Whitechapel) of London. The tenor weighs 13-2-16 (693kg) and is in F. The camera was on the stairs because that's where you can hear the brickwork clonk in a very pronounced way. This is some rounds and call changes conducted by me, on the 2010 summer tour of the Warwick University Bell Ringing Society to Sussexes.
Some excerpts from the Parish Magazine at the time, quoted on the churches website.
After the death of Preb. Moor in 1916, his widow expressed her intention of carrying out her husband's plan of building a permanent church on the Dyke-road district, and has, with rare generosity, held to her purpose. Three-quarters of the nave and the aisles were consecrated in 1922, and now the church has been completed by the addition of the remaining bay of the nave and aisles, a chancel, a lady chapel, a Chapel of Remembrance, with the War Memorial, and vestries, with a 60 foot tower and a peal of eight bells.
Immediately after the dedication of the bells, a peal was rung by a band of ringers from St. Peter's and they returned to their task at the close of the service until the whole neighbourhood rang with the glad music of the bells.
September 1947
PAROCHIALIA
We should like to give a piece of our mind to the idiotic person who sneaked into the ringing tower and did damage to a bell stay and a new rope. It must be emphasised that no unauthorised person must enter the belfry and it is a dangerous thing to interfere with the bells. If anyone can give information as to the culprit in this instance please communicate with the Vicar or Mr. C. G. Cooper, 48 Hampstead Road.
The ringers website (with another video!)
St Mary Redcliffe inside
ringing Plain and Little spliced on this superb ring of bells, tenor 50cwt