Photophilanthropy @ Messy Church Leominster.

THE BELLS! THE BELLS! THE BELLS! The Bell Ringers' of Leominster Priory.

Locally known as the "Gas Works".

Leominster Registry office can be seen in the left of this shot.

Weather vane and lightning conductor the i9nstallation of which was conducted by Leominster's Border Archeology.

Church Street from the top of the bell tower.

Birds nest seen in the tower.

Checking the bells before practice.

The tenor bell is to the left of the shot, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th bells.

Ceiling of the ringing chamber.

The ringer's in action.

More ringer's

Last summer I was given access to the bell tower of Leominster Priory when the ringers were having their weekly practise session. They have a "ring" of 10 bells.
    Before the Reformation of the church an extra bell was added to the 6 in 1615. In 1699 there was a fire in the church due to the efforts the the people of the town the bells were saved. Zoom forward in history to 1756 when the bells were shipped down the river Lugg and the river Wye to Chepstow, where William Evans melted down the 7 bells and cast 8 new ones. Two new bells were cast in 1894 by Warners of London, the frame is thought to have been installed at the same time as the two new bells.