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Radio 4,01 Jun 2025,2 mins
The Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, in Liverpool
Bells on SundayAvailable for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, in Liverpool. Bells have hung in the church tower since at least 1636 and by 1814 there were twelve bells, all cast by the Dobson foundry of Downham Market. The church was extensively damaged during a fire in 1940 and the old bells were removed. For the opening of the new church in 1952 a new ring of twelve were installed. They were were cast by John Taylor & Sons of Loughborough with a tenor bell weighing forty one and three quarter hundredweight and tuned to the note of C. We hear them ringing Stedman Cinques
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