Bletchingdon

St Giles, Bletchingdon
St Giles, Bletchingdon
AddressChurch End, Tollbrook Corner,
Bletchingdon OX5 3DL
Bells6
Tenor8-0-1
Practice ringingWednesday 7:30 pm
Contact nameMrs S Macready
Contact emailbletchingdon@bicester.odg.org.uk
AccessWhen ringing, via West Door.
ToiletYes
ParkingIn lane outside church.
Link to Google mapsClick here
Link to Dove’s GuideClick here
Link to Church WebsiteClick here
NotesA ground floor ring of 6, with excellent access.

Bell Inscriptions

BellInscriptionWeight
Treble
(New sixth bell)
FABER EST SUAE QUISQUE FORTUNAE
(Every man is the smith of his own fortune)
Whites of Appleton, Bellhangers
Whitechapel 1998
(Cast 23rd October 1998, Donated by the Smith family, Bletchington)
3 cwt, 1 qtr, 13 lbs
SecondThomas Annison, Joseph Dennet. Church Wardens
Edward Hemins fecit 1738
3 cwt, 1 qtr, 25 lbs
ThirdFOR GOD I RING FOR CHURCH AND KING
1877 Note: Queen Victoria was on the throne!
3 cwt, 2 qtrs, 22 lbs
FourthAlthough I am both light and small I will be heard
Above you all 1877
4 cwt, 1 qtr, 9 lbs
FifthRalph: Butler: Thomas: Bayley: Church Weardins
Matthew Bagley made me 1774
5 cwt, 2 qtrs, 23 lbs
TenorJOHN COGGIN ESQr; LORD OF THIS MANNOUR
& THE HONOURABLE Sr., RALPH DUTTON WAS
GOOD BENEFACTORS WHO PROMOTE CASTING US
W + R CORR 1770
8 cwt, 0 qtrs, 1 lb