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The Bells

St Mary Magdalene Church has a bell tower with a ring of eight bells, cast by John Warner and Son at their Spitalfields foundry in 1875. The largest (tenor) bell in the tower weighs approximately 0.85 tonnes, while the smallest (treble) bell weighs about 0.25 tonnes. The eight bells are tuned to the notes of a diatonic scale in (approximately) the key of E major.

The bells are a “maiden” ring, i.e. they have never been re-tuned or altered in any way, but their ropes and fittings have been renewed several times over the years. The bells were re-hung on new ball-bearings between 1990 and 1995.

Bells at St Mary Magdalene ChurchBells at St Mary Magdalene Church

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