General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Erm ... there ... or thereabouts ... I think, Dostaf.

I do know the chimes are on the hour, quarter past and half past (I don't think the guide said quarter to). And the mechanism was automated in the '90s so it's all run electronically since then.



The Priest Bell

Cast at Wigan in 1715 by Luke Ashton, this bell was originally used to call the Priest in from the fields when it would have been customary for the Priest to hold another position in the parish such as gentleman farmer. The bell would have been used to summon him from the fields. Falling into disrepair the decision was taken to have the bell restored and hung here to commemorate the restoration of the church's historic ring of eight bells in the spring of 2010.

The eight bells in the tower were cast at Gloucester.