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Uppingham, St Peter & St Paul
The parish Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham is on the South side of the Market Square and is bordered on its West side by the London Road (A6003) which runs roughly North-South through the town. There is parking in the Market Square.
The ringing room is reached by climbing a short, 12 step, stone spiral staircase. The entrance to the staircase is inside the tower. The room is quite light with an open view over the nave on the East side and a window facing West.
2010-07-03 [ expand ]
I visited for the first time on Saturday 3rd July 2010 as the first church of the Four Shires Guild of Bell Ringers tour. I rang up bell #4 followed by a couple of touches of Grandsire Doubles, the first with bells 7, 6 and 8 covering and the second time with bells 4, 6 and 8 covering. A little odd, but a good way to ring on eight bells for those, including me, not proficient in triples or major methods. All the bells that I rang went nicely.
The Bells
The tower has a ring of 8 bells with a tenor weighing 14-2-2 in E. Dove's Guide includes details of the bells at St Peter & St Paul and more information is provided by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers.
| Bell | Inscription | |||
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| 1 |
Dove's Guide to the bells at St Peter & St Paul |
PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1773 | ||
| 2 | PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1773 | |||
| 3 | PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1773 | |||
| 4 | MATHEW CATLIN AND RICHARD WADE JUNR. CHURCHWARDENS. TAYLOR ST. NEOTS FOUNDER 1804 |
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| 5 | PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1772 NUNC DENIQUE DISSONAM CONSONAM ME REFICIT TAYLOR. 1895. |
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| 6 | PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1772 | |||
| 7 | PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1772 | |||
| Tenor | YE RINGERS ALL WHO PRIZE YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS BE SOBER MERRY WISE AND YOULL THE SAME POSSESS. PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON WALTAR ROBARTS CH. WARDEN 1772 |
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