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Tackley, St Nicholas
The parish Church of St Nicholas, Tackley is located southwest of the main body of the village on Church Hill and borders Tackley Park. There is a layby beside the church with parking for a few cars as well as a church car park.
The church is cruciform in layout. Access to the ringing room is from within the church but a little awkward. The first part is a wooden stair, this is followed by a ladder to the edge of the tower and then the short awkward stretch up though a small trapdoor into the ringing room. The room is not very big but does have room for several to sit in addition to those ringing the 6 bells. Two small windows looking over the roof are curtained off. The painted walls make the room quite light. The clock mechanism drives two clock faces.
2013-01-17 [ expand ]
My first visit was on Thursday 17th January 2013 as the third tower
[1st,
2nd,
4th]
of the 279th Mid-week Outing
of the
Four Shires Guild.
I started by ringing up bell #4 and discovered that the ropes was very long. I then rang the tenor for Plain Bob Minor, this did not go well, this rope was also very long and I had trouble turning the bell in. Things went much better when, a little later, I rang the treble for Cambridge Minor.
The Bells
The tower has a ring of 6 bells with a tenor weighing 13-3-15 in F. Dove's Guide includes details of the bells at St Nicholas and more information is provided by the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers.
