Dawley, Holy Trinity
6 bells, tenor 8-0-5 in A Ground floor TF4 3NH SJ 687065
Sunday: no regular service ringing
The fourth and fifth bells were cast by Abraham Rudhall I of Gloucester in 1716, the third and Tenor by Charles Carr of Smethwick in 1906 and the two smallest bells by Taylors of Loughborough when they overhauled the bells in 1954. The bells have modern fitting and hang in a wooden frame (Pickford 6.1: C1, D2, E3, F4, A5, B6). None of the bells retains its cannons.
Access to the ringing room is via the gallery surrounding the organ at the back of the nave. The ringing room floor is on two levels, with a significant step down immediately behind the ringers of the second and third.
Adequate parking is available in the churchyard with access off Old Vicarage Road.
The Treble
Part of the facsimile inscription on the fifth bell,
taken from the former Rudhall bell of 1716
Part of the facsimile inscription on the Treble,
taken from the former Rudhall bell of 1716
The Taylor foundry badge
on the Treble and second
The date and a stop from the Rudhall fifth
Abraham Rudhall announcing his calling
on the fourth
Decoration on the Rudhall fourth
Rudhall's foundry mark reproduced on the second