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PIMLICO
ST SAVIOUR, ST GEORGE'S SQUARE
A ring of 8 bells plus a service bell and clock bell (and a dumb bell)
Tenor: 7-1-20 in G
Bells transferred from St Mary's, Peterborough (back 6) and Gosport (front 2).
Frames: 1992 Whitechapel
Retuning: 1990 (back 8) 1992 (front 2) Whitechapel
Rung from upstairs ringing room
Grid Ref: TQ295783
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight
(prior to retuning)

Weight
(after retuning in 1990)

Diameter

Note

Cast

 Founder

1

 3-3-12 3-2-2 243/16" G

1890

 Mears & Stainbank

2

 4-0-6 3-2-7 243/4" F sharp 1890 Mears & Stainbank

3

 3-2-7 261/4" E

1887

 John Warner & Sons

4

 3-2-23 273/8" D 1887 John Warner & Sons

5

 4-0-3 287/8" C

1887

 John Warner & Sons

6

 5-0-4 305/8" B 1887 John Warner & Sons

7

 5-2-15 331/8" A

1887

 John Warner & Sons

8

 7-1-20 363/8" G 1887 John Warner & Sons

S

 233/4" 1864 John Warner & Sons

C

 311/8" 1885 John Warner & Sons

The former treble weights were taken from the Whitechapel settings book.

INSCRIPTIONS

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HISTORY
1864 Church built and bell cast and hung in the tower by John Warner & Sons.
1885 A clock bell was added to the tower by John Warner & Sons.
1887 A ring of 6 bells was cast by John Warner & Sons for St Mary's, Peterborough.
1890 Two bells were cast for Gosport church.
1990 The bells from Peterborough were removed from their church. It was rebuilt and equipped with 8 new bells. The old 6 were taken to Whitechapel Bell Foundry and tuned, pending transfer to St Saviour's.
1992 The Peterborough and Gosport bells were hung in a new frame. A new facility for training ringers was set up and dedicated to James G A Prior, a past Master and Secretary of the Ancient Society of College Youths. The centre was opened on Easter Monday.