ShrewsburyStChadInscriptions

Shrewsbury, St Chad - Inscriptions

Bell	Position	Inscription
Extra Treble	On waist	I MARK THE HOURS THE DAYS THE YEARS THAT PASS MY SONG IS EVER DEO GRATIAS Opposite:
Treble	Inscription band	IN SWEETEST SOUND LET EACH ITS NOTE REVEAL MINE SHALL BE FIRST TO LEAD THE DULCET PEAL Opposite:
	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1914 *
	On shoulder	318
Second	Inscription band	THE PUBLIC RAISED US WITH A LIBERAL HAND WE COME WITH HARMONY TO CHEER THE LAND Opposite:
	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1907 * AGAIN RECAST 1914 *
	On shoulder	190
Third	Inscription band	WE'LL THROUGH THE AIR EXTEND EACH GENEROUS THEME AND FLOAT MELODIOUS DOWN SABRINA'S STREAM Opposite:
	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1914 *
	On shoulder	181
Fourth	Inscription band	WHEN FEMALE VIRTUE WEDS WITH MANLY WORTH WE CATCH THE RAPTURE AND WE SPREAD IT FORTH Opposite:
	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1914 *
	On shoulder	151
Fifth	Inscription band	DOES BATTLE RAGE DO SANGUINE FOES CONTEND WE HAIL THE VICTOR, IF HE'S BRITAIN'S FRIEND Opposite:
	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1914 *
	On shoulder	276
Sixth	Inscription band	HERE LET US PAUSE AND NOW WITH ONE ACCORD SALUTE THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT IN THE LORD Opposite:
	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1914 *
	On shoulder	202
Flat Sixth	On waist	AS BLESSED CHAD WAS SAINT AND BISHOP TOO MAY WE SERVE ALL PEOPLE AND TO GOD BE TRUE Opposite:
Seventh	Inscription band	MAY GEORGE LONG REIGN WHO NOW THE SCEPTRE SWAYS AND BRITISH VALOUR EVER RULE THE SEAS Opposite:
	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1914 *
		142
Eighth	Inscription band	SUCCESS ATTEND OUR GALLANT HOST IN ARMS AND GLORY CROWN THE BRAVE WHOM HONOUR WARMS Opposite:
	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1837 * AGAIN RECAST 1914 *
		129
Ninth	Inscription band	MAY ENGLAND'S COAST THE PRIDE OF COMMERCE SEE AND SALOP'S PRIDE BE ALWAYS TO BE FREE Opposite:
Ninth	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1914 *
Tenth	Inscription band	MAY PEACE REMAIN TO BLESS BRITANNIA'S SHORE AND FACTION FALL TO RAISE HER HEAD NO MORE Opposite:
Tenth	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1848 * AGAIN RECAST 1914 *
Eleventh	Inscription band	MAY EACH SUBSCRIBER IN THESE NUMBERS LIVE AND UNIONS EVER FEEL THOSE JOYS THEY GIVE Opposite:
Eleventh	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1914 *
Tenor	Inscription band	MAY ALL WHOM I SHALL SUMMON TO THE GRAVE THE BLESSINGS OF A WELL SPENT LIFE RECEIVE Opposite:
Tenor	Below ins. band	* 1798 * RECAST 1825 * AGAIN RECAST 1914 *

The inscriptions on the Taylor bells are copies of those composed for the 1798 Mears bells by James Wilding, Master of High Ercall Grammar School, member of the Union Society and subscriber to 'Clavis'.

The inscriptions on the Whitechapel bells were composed by Wendy Gough of Maesbrook, occasional member of the band at St Chad's.

Shropshire Association of Church Bellringers