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The 12 bells from above. Guildford Cathedral has a ring of twelve bells; ten of which were cast by Mears and Stainbank in 1965. The bells were augmented to 12 with two Whitechapel trebles in 1975. The largest bell is the tenor which weighs 30 cwt and 43 lbs (1,543.5 kg), and is tuned to the key of D.
The cathedral tower is 156 feet (48 metres) high and holds 12 bells weighing in total some 6.5 tons. Above the south balcony is the sculptor Dennis Huntley’s St Hubert which was carved by Huntley “in situ”. Above the east balcony is a WWI Memorial depicting a mother and child, carved by sculptor Nicholas Thompson in situ in 2016.
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W H Viggers & Seven Corners Press Ltd, Guildford x + 214pp 8th 1994 A Bellringer's Guide to the Church Bells of Britain and ringing peals of the world Dove, Ronald H Seven Corners Press Ltd, Guildford x + 208pp 9th 2000 Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers to the Ringing Bells of Britain and the World. Baldwin, John and Johnston, Ron
Whitechapel has supplied bells to several cathedrals. Guildford Cathedral in Surrey had a peal of 10 bells (later augmented to 12), [37] Canterbury Cathedral augmented its bells to a peal of 14 in 1981, [38] and the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. in 1962. [39]
Guildford Cathedral. The Diocese of Guildford was created in 1927 out of the northern part of the Diocese of Winchester. [111] [112] Holy Trinity Church, the largest church in the town, became the cathedral. However, by May of the following year, it was obvious that it was too small to hold the status permanently and the Diocesan Conference ...
The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (CCCBR) is an organisation founded in 1891 which represents ringers of church bells in the English style. [1] It acts as a co-ordinating body for education, publicity and codifying change ringing rules, also for advice on maintaining and restoring full-circle bells. Within England, where the vast ...
Dennis Huntley was born in Weybridge, Surrey, England on 6 December 1928.He studied at Wimbledon School of Art before attending London University. [1]Besides Huntley's work for Guildford Cathedral, his work, The Scholar, at the former Henry Thornton School in Clapham, London is also notable. [1]