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Radio 4,13 Sep 2026,2 mins

St Mary the Virgin Staunton on Wye

Bells on Sunday

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Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Mary the Virgin. Staunton on Wye in Herefordshire. The west tower dates from c1300 in which there are six bells all cast by William Evans of Chepstow in 1763. In 1957 the bells were rehung in a cast iron frame and retuned by the John Taylor foundry of Loughborough The tenor weighs ten hundredweight and is tuned to the note of G. We hear them ringing Berwick Surprise Minor.

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