Abbey Dore, Dore Abbey Church of St Mary

Abbey Dore

District: Hereford
Number of Bells: 6
Tenor Weight: 8-0-21
Practice: Thursday (5th) 19:30 (check first)
Sunday service ringing: 2nd, 09:15 (check first)
Contact: Mr. N Cooper-Tomkins Cedar Cottage, Dark La. Ewyas Harold Hereford HR2 0EZ 01981 240523
Link to the church information page on A Church Near You website

Notes: The present ring of 6 bells were rehung (anticlockwise) in 1912 in an oak frame that has been much altered over the years since the tower was added to this fragment of a Norman Abbey in about 1630. The bells were rehung again in 2013 lower in the tower in a steel frame.

Location:
 • Nearest Postcode: HR2 0AA
 • What3Words: ///burden.irritate.cyclones

Bell Weight Note Nominal Diameter (cm) Date Founder
1 3-3-8 E 1343.0 68 1770 Thomas Rudhall, Gloucester
2 3-3-16 D 1191.5 70.5 1892 Llewellins & James, Bristol
3 5-0-4 C 1064.5 77 1710 Abraham Rudhall I, Gloucester
4 5-0-22 B 1001.5 79.8 1810 John Rudhall, Gloucester
5 6-1-25 A 897.0 86.1 1710 Abraham Rudhall I, Gloucester
6 8-0-21 G 797.5 93.2 1782 Charles & John Rudhall, Gloucester

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