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St Mary’s Church in Gislingham, in Suffolk.

Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary’s Church in Gislingham, in Suffolk.

Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary’s Church in Gislingham, in Suffolk. In 1599, the original bell tower collapsed and was replaced by a shorter tower with base walls five feet thick. Four medieval bells survived the collapse and were recast in the 17th century into a ring of five bells with a new treble added in the 19th century. In 2006, they were augmented to a ring of eight by the Whitechapel Foundry of London. The tenor weighs fourteen and a quarter hundredweight and is tuned to the note of E. We hear them ringing Lessness Surprise Major.

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