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Adlestrop, St Mary Magdalene
The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene [listing], Adlestrop is in the south of this small Cotswold village at the end of Main Street. There is very little space to park near the church, we parked near the Post Office.
The tower is at the west end of the Church and the ringing room is reached by climbing a wooden ladder just inside the main door.
Dove's Guide shows the bells as 5 U/R
, the Tenor is cracked but the others can be rung. The ropes for the four working bells are only a few inches from the walls making the ringing just a little awkward.
2013-09-28 [ expand ]
I visited for the first time on Saturday 28th September 2013 to ring for a wedding.
The ringing room was a little scruffy and we were warned not to wear "our Sunday best". The whitewashed walls rub off when touched and there are more than a few cobwebs. We were to ring for the first time this year and we started off by inspecting the bells and oiling the plain bearings. We rang up each bell individually and with some care. Since the ropes fell so close to the walls we had to ring facing the walls rather than in a circle facing each other and after a few rounds decided all would be ok.
I rang bell #4 and we mostly rang Rounds and Call Changes. Our one attempt at Plain Bob Minimus was a bit rough so we decided not to be too adventurous since we were ringing for a wedding.
After we'd finished several people stayed to say thanks for the ringing and how much they had enjoyed hearing them.
The Bells
The tower has a ring of 5 bells with a tenor weighing ~7-0-0 in Bb. Dove's Guide includes details of the bells at St Mary. There is some additional information provided by The Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers.
