Shrewsbury, St Mary - Inscriptions

Bell Position Inscription
Treble Inscription band

The Bell Of S.Mary's Were Taken Down, Repaired & Rehung, March 1911.

On waist

W.G.Pennyman * Vicar

Edw. Burd

Wm Autree
Churchwardens
A. E. Lloyd Oswell

B. Steward

Opposite on waist Shrewsbury St Mary founder
Second Inscription band (deep, with two lines of text)

"Ring Out The Darkness Of The Land,
Ring In The Christ That Is To Be."

(from Tennyson - In Memoriam cvi)

Opposite on waist Shrewsbury St Mary founder date
Third Inscription band

We Were All Fix'd Here By Voluntary Subscription In The Year 1775 (decoration as below)

Shrewsbury St Mary decoration
Below ins. band

Pack & Chapman Of London Fecit

Fourth Inscription band

HAPPINESS TO ALL THE WORTHY CONTRIBUTORS 1775 (decoration as below)

Shrewsbury St Mary decoration

(the lettering is incised and the decoration is a normal moulding)

Shrewsbury St Mary decoration

(example of the incised lettering)

Below ins. band

Pack & Chapman Of London Fecit

Fifth Inscription band

Success To The Worshipfull Company Of Drapers + Pack & Chapman Of London Fecit 1775 +

+ represents a stop Shrewsbury St Mary stop

Sixth Inscription band

Unanimity & Welfare To All The Inhabitants Of Salop + Pack & Chapman Of London Fecit 1775

+ represents a stop as on fifth bell

Seventh Inscription band

Peace & Felicity To This Church & Nation + Pack & Chapman Of London Fecit 1775 + (decoration)

+ represents a stop as on fifth bell decoration as on fourth bell

Eighth Inscription band

Prosperity To St Mary's Parish + Pack & Chapman Of London Fecit 1775 + (decoration)

+ represents a stop as on fifth bell decoration as on fourth bell

Ninth Inscription band

E. Blakeway A: M: Minister. MessRS J. Watkys. J. Warren. E. Elsemere. H Kent. Church Wardens 1775 (decoration) (all on one line)

decoration as on fourth bell

Below ins. band

Pack & Chapman Of London Fecit

Tenor Inscription band

May All Whom I Summon To Their Graves Enjoy Everlasting Bliss +
Pack & Chapman Of London Fecit 1775 + (decoration) (all on one line)

+ represents a stop as on fifth bell decoration as on fourth bell