Ufton Nervet – St Peter

Bells

Ring of 4 bells (4-2-0 / ~230kg) in unknown key.

Location

OS map ref. SU 634675 (map 175)
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Service ringing

No regular services – redundant church.

Practice ringing

No regular practices – redundant church.

Belfry fittings

There are canons on the 4th bell.

Ringers

No regular ringers – redundant church.

Bell details

No. Weight  cwt qr lb Note Date Cast Founder Inscription
1 2-1-0 1650 Ellis Knight I LOVE THE LORD 1650
2 2-3-0 1919 Mears & Stainbank Feare God 1650 / Recast AD 1919 / DOMINUS BENIDICET POPULO SUO IN PACE / A. E. Brisco-Owen, M.A., F.R.A.S., Rector.
3 3-2-0 1642 Ellis Knight I LOVE GOD 1642
4 4-2-0 1633 Ellis Knight I FEARE GOD X633

History

The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter was built in 1862 on the site of an earlier church. The building is in a Gothic Revival rendition of 14th-century Decorated Gothic. The walls are predominantly a dark grey rag-stone with ashlar dressings. It has a chancel, north chapel (used as an organ chamber), nave of three bays, west tower with tall octagonal shingled spire, and south porch.
The present St Peter’s contains church monuments salvaged from the old church. They include one to Richard Perkins (died 1560) with Corinthian columns, one to Francis and Anna Perkyns (died 1615 and 1635) with recumbent effigies and a brass to William and Constantia Smith (died 1627 and 1610). St Peter’s has stained glass windows from two London makers: Charles Clutterbuck and Lavers and Barraud.
In front of the porch is an old yew tree. The church is now redundant and no longer used for worship.
All four bells were originally cast by Ellis Knight I of Reading, cast between 1633 & 1650. The second was re-cast by Whitechapel on 17th June 1919.