Bells
Ring of 12 bells (23-0-20) in the key of D.
Website
http://www.smsl-reading.org.uk/st-laurence-in-reading
Practice times
Please refer to the tower’s website above for the latest practice information
Bell details
| Bell | Inscription | Weight (cwt-qrs-lb) |
|---|---|---|
| Treble | GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO / M. & S. LONDON. 1929. | 4-3-1 |
| Second | LAUS DEO. / M. & S. LONDON. 1929. | 5-0-15 |
| Third | RICHARD COBB × CH × WARDEN × R × C J748 × / RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK 1929. | 5-3-12 |
| Fourth | BY ADDING TWO OUR NOTES WELL RAISE & SOUND YE GOOD SUBSCRIBERS PRAISE. J1748. | 5-0-7 |
| Fifth | [Three scrolls] ROBERT × CAITLIN J748 FECIT × | 5-2-3 |
| Sixth | PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BENEFACTORS R × C J748 [Twelve scrolls] | 5-3-17 |
| Seventh | IMPRIMIS VENERARE DEUM MANDATA GB SERVA × QUCERES NON ALIOS UNICUS IPSE DEUS × R × C J748 × | 6-3-4 |
| Eighth | J. TAYLOR & CO. BELLFOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH. 1882 / CETERIS RENOVATIS / EGO CVM SONORIBVS MEIS SEPTIMA ET MAXIMA / DE NOVO FVNDATA FVI / A. D. MDCCCLXXXI / PROCVRANTE EX HVIVS / ECCLESIAE ET SA ERDOTIBVS / CAROLO KERRY. | 9-2-3 |
| Ninth | J. TAYLOR & CO. FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1882. / GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO. / CHRISTMAS A. D. 1881. / REV. J. M. GVILDING, VICAR. / CHAS. KERRY, CURATE. EDWD WELLS, M. D. AND GEORGE LYDDON, C.W. | 11-1-20 |
| Tenth | RECAST 1803. MR. JOHN KIRK MR. JOHN HARRIS CHURCH WARDENS / THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT | 10-2-26 |
| Eleventh | RICHARD WESTBROOK & IACOB WALTER CHURCH WARDENS. THOS. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT J793 | 14-2-17 |
| Tenor | JOHN TAYLOR & CO. BELLFOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH LEICESTERSHIRE 1882 | 23-0-20 |