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Hugh Town, St Mary the Virgin

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Hugh Town is the only church on the Isles of Scilly that has bells hung for full circle ringing. The church is at the east end of Church Street where it meets Church Road and shouldn't be confused with the St Mary's Old Church which is only ½mile away in Old Town.

While the new church was built in the 19th Century it doesn't have much outside space and the cemetary around the old church is still the one used for burials. The ringing room is reached by climbing a steep wooden staircase up through a trapdoor. The ringing room is not very big but provides plenty of space to ring the 8 bells with seating space for a few additional people.

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The Bells

The tower has a ring of 8 bells with a tenor weighing 8-3-7 in A. Dove's Guide includes details of the bells at St Mary the Virgin and more information is provided by the Truro Diocesan Guild of Ringers and yet more information at Scilly Bells.

Bell  Inscription
1 Dove's Guide
to the bells at
St Mary the Virgin
Mary
2Ann
3Henry
4Valerie
5John
6Brian-Anne
7Edward
TenorDiana
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