Welcome to the Bells of St.Mary the Virgin, St.Mary's Isles of Scilly
Details of the Bells
| Bell | Diameter | Weight | Metric | Note | Name | Sponsor | Dedication on headstock brass plate |
| Tenor | 36" | 8--3--7 | 448Kg | A | Diana | Anonymous | In Memory of Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 1st. July 1961 to 31st. August 1997 | |||||||
| Seventh | 32 1/2" | 6--3--10 | 347Kg | B | Edward | Ron & Jan | In Memory of Edward Thomas Bond |
| Crawford | 22nd. June 1922 to 21st. January 1992 | ||||||
| Sixth | 29 1/2" | 5--1--19 | 275Kg | C# | Brian-Anne | Anne & Brian | For Anne & Brian Horrell Golden Wedding |
| Horrell | Anniversary 6th. June 2009 | ||||||
| Fifth | 28" | 4--2--7 | 232Kg | D | John | Jane Houldsworth | In memory of John G. Hogg |
| 21st. January 1925 to 1st. August 2003 | |||||||
| Fourth | 26 1/2" | 3--3--2 | 191Kg | E | Valerie | Valerie Baker | For Valerie, a Friend and Lover of the Islands |
| Third | 25" | 3--1--11 | 170Kg | F# | Henry | John Pawley | For Henry Springer; |
| Died St. Mary's April 2003 | |||||||
| Second | 24" | 3--0--11 | 157Kg | G# | Ann | Martin Maybrey | In Memory of Ann Maybrey |
| 21st. May 1938 to 20th. January 2008 | |||||||
| Treble | 23 1/2" | 3--0--14 | 158Kg | A | Mary | Community Bell | Donated by the Islanders and by Friends |
| of the Islands 2008 | |||||||
| Peal of bells cast together at Whitechapel Bell Foundry to a Gillett and Johnson 1922 profile in 2008 | |||||||
| Bell frame constructed and bells hung by Nicholson Engineering of Bridport 2009 | |||||||
| The bells are an octave in the key of A where the frequency of the fundamental of the tenor | |||||||
| is 886.1 Hz to match the equivalent note of the diapasons on the St. Mary's Church organ | |||||||
Site created & maintained by David Maybrey
Last updated 21/01/12
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