St Bartholomew in Smithfield, London
Video taken through front glass door of St Bartholomew in Smithfield, London
Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon - Warwickshire England
The Virtual Tourist walks around Stratford upon Avon - Warwickshire England
Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, St.Peter ad Vincula Parish Church
The remarkable parish church of St.Peter ad Vincula at Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire.
Wednesbury 1960s - The Paraffin Run
This short film was taken by Eric Wilson (my Father). I believe it to be a very rare movie of Wednesbury Town in (I think…) 1961?
It was shot on standard 8 film and is silent. The quality is not up to todays High Definition, but it's an interesting two and a half minute piece of history.
It shows a car journey from Shaftesbury Road, along Hydes Road, over the railway bridge and through Wednesbury to the Holyhead road to collect some paraffin. The car was driven by my Grand Father Herbert York while my Dad filmed and I make a cameo appearance collecting the paraffin! The journey then continues towards the High Bullen where you can see St. Bartholomew's church on Church Hill and the picturesque black and white buildings that sadly no longer exist.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire England
The Virtual Tourist walks around Stratford upon Avon - Warwickshire England
St Bartholomew's Church in Longnor 2
A short video clip taken at St Bartholomew's Church, Longnor in Staffordshire. Longnor is located in the Peak District National Park.
The history of Saint Bartholomew's church Waltham
A brief history of Saint Bartholomew's church Waltham Kent.
More of a peal of Bristol Surprise Royal at St Bartholomews Church, Wednesbury, West Midlands
The town of Wednesbury is situated in the north of the West Midlands conurbation, between Wolverhampton and Walsall. Cast and hung in 1912 by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon, this is a quality peal of bells. The tenor weighs 24-0-18 (1227kg) and is in Eb.
The bells are hung on 2 levels, with the 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th hung above adjacent bells within the ring. The lower frame is a H frame and the upper frame is a low side frame. The bells are hung next to the louvres, can from some angles can actually be seen swinging and are EXTREMELY loud.
The clock is also a Gillett and Johnston installation. The bells are of superb tonal quality and the tenor is Major Thirds, instead of a more tradiitonal minor thirds sound.
Details of the peal -
Lancashire Association
Wednesbury, West Midlands
St Bartholomew
Sunday, 6 March 2011 in 3 hours 1 minute (24-0-18)
5040 Bristol Surprise Royal
Composed: Anthony J Cox
1 Andrew B Mills
2 Pauline Campling
3 Andrew D Sibson
4 Louis P H Suggett
5 Bernard F L Groves
6 Colin M Lee
7 James C Marchbank
8 George H Campling (C)
9 Trevor W Marchbank
10 Gordon R Birks
First of Bristol S Royal: 4
Aldsworth St Bartholomew
Places to visit in and around Stratford: Aldsworth
Follow-if you take the narrow and winding road from Northleach, the tower of Northleach's famous wool church dominates the horizon as you climb the steep, wooded escarpment towards Aldsworth. Soon after this beacon falls from view the steeple of St. Bartholomew's appears straight ahead, only to disappear as you follow a stream into the heart of the village. The church is reached by climbing a narrow lane up to the brow of the hill.
You are greeted by a curious sight, the early 16th century north facade of the church has a row of huge carved heads that owe more to the work of Tolkien or a maker garden gnomes than the usual collection of bears, bats and gurning faces. Similar carvings can be seen at Fairford and Lechlade though they seem more in scale with these larger buildings. Aldsworth and nearby Bibury were held as a 'Peculiar' of Osney Abbey, Oxford between 1151 and the Reformation. St. Bartholomew's Norman origins can be seen in the three-bay north arcade with pointed double chamfered arches, hoodmoulds, round piers, scalloped capitals and octagonal abaci. However most of the church is in the later Perpendicular style although the chancel is Victorian. The north aisle was rebuilt c1500, there is a large, ornate niche at it's eastern end which bears the initials SK and a carved wheel which indicates a chapel dedicated to Saint Katherine. The aisle has two square-headed windows each with an heraldic shield above, one with a crowned heart, the other with a clawed foot. Outside one of the shields above the windows is that of Osney Abbey. The north porch is late Perpendicular with a vaulted interior and a holy water stoup. The east wall of the north porch has a trefoil-headed niche with a pierced cresset for burning lights with a chimney above, the north door has medieval ironwork. Unusually the church also has a rib-vaulted south porch. The west tower is late Perpendicular with Tudor additions and has a stone octagonal spire.
The downs near Aldsworth were the home of Bibury racecourse where the horses could be viewed from a circular grandstand built by Richard Pace in 1800.
Aldsworth lies between Northleach and Bibury about an hour from Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Wednesbury Tenor
Unfortunately, last month the video function on my camera stopped working. I decided to start looking in pawn shops for a replacement, and was in luck because I found one quite quickly which was a later model, and which was very cheap because it came without a charger or any accessories. The battery from my old camera worked perfectly well in the later model so I bought it.
10. 24-0-18 in Eb 50.00diameter
Cast in 1912 by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon
Here is the first video from the new camera. It is of the tenor at St Bartholomews church, Wednesbury, West Midlands. It is a Victorian church, and the previous installation was completely replaced in 1912 by Gillett and Johnston of Croydon, with a 24cwt ring of ten. They hang in a two tier frame in the rather small tower, with 2,3,8 and 9 on top. They are not easy to ring because of various idiosyncrasies with the installation, but they are worth the effort for their superb sound!
Church bells @ St. Bartholomew the Great, London
One of Old City of London's greatest hidden gems on Cloth Fair, between Barbican and St Pauls tube stops. I used to live next door. Pardon my shaky hands!
Peal at St Matthew's
Start of the peal. Back 8, St Matthew's Walsall.
stmatthewswalsall.co.uk
st michaels church penkridge
st michaels church penkridge
Excerpt of a peal of Bristol Surprise Royal at St Bartholomews Church, Wednesbury, West Midlands
Wednesbury is a small town situated close to Willenhall, Walsall, Wolverhampton and West Bromwich, part of the historically industrious Black Country area of the West Midlands conurbation. It has a Victorian church at the highest point in the local area, which has a tower and spire.
In the tower is a peal of 10 bells, which were cast and hung in 1912 by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon. The tenor weighs 24-0-18 (1227kg) and is in Eb.
A view of the tenor can be had by clicking on the linked video just below.
The bells are hung on 2 levels, with the 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th hung above adjacent bells within the ring. The lower frame is a H frame and the upper frame is a low side frame. The bells are hung next to the louvres, can from some angles can actually be seen swinging and are EXTREMELY loud.
The clock is also a Gillett and Johnston installation. The bells are of superb tonal quality and the tenor is Major Thirds, instead of a more tradiitonal minor thirds sound.
Details of the peal -
Lancashire Association
Wednesbury, West Midlands
St Bartholomew
Sunday, 6 March 2011 in 3 hours 1 minute (24-0-18)
5040 Bristol Surprise Royal
Composed: Anthony J Cox
1 Andrew B Mills
2 Pauline Campling
3 Andrew D Sibson
4 Louis P H Suggett
5 Bernard F L Groves
6 Colin M Lee
7 James C Marchbank
8 George H Campling (C)
9 Trevor W Marchbank
10 Gordon R Birks
First of Bristol S Royal: 4
Wells Surprise @ St Buryan.
A quarter of Wells Surprise, 26th August 2011.
1320 Wells Surprise Minor, 59mins.
1 Graham Baskerville
2 Jane Hitchens
3 Sam Nankervis
4 Paul Barton
5 Neil Hitchens
6 Chris Venn (C)
30th Birthday Compliment to Hayley Barton.
Beautiful chiming from St.Peter's church in Wolverhampton England
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Bell ringing at East Bergholt.
Ringing for Remembrance at Christ Church, Crewe
Silent since 2013, officially unringable… but ringing out for what may be the last time ever in readiness for the centenary of the end of the Great War in 1918.
Footage is from the first practice since the end of ringing for the foreseeable future at Crewe, to make sure the bells and tower are in suitable condition to ring for the Remembrance events in the town.
A complete 1912 Gillett & Johnston 10, with a tenor of 20-0-0, they truly are a remarkable peal of bells. However, the now-detached tower sways and moves an extreme amount, so ringing is not particularly easy there.
Hopefully these bells will be able to ring out regularly again in the future.
Peal at Colchester, St Peter
Part of a peal of Plain Bob Major rung at St Peter's Colchester on the 16th December 2017. Being Taylor bells from 1913, they sound glorious both inside and outside, especially when rung well. While they are slightly harder around the back, the peal was a joy to ring in. The video includes the lowering at the end.
Collegiate Church of St Mary's Warwick Warwickshire
Collegiate Church of St Mary's might encourage you to get out and about more in and around Warwick Warwickshire. Choosing your new home can be a struggle. You need to find the right house in the right location. There are so many factors to consider from the house itself to the location. Look no further than