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Sherbourne, All Saints
The Sherbourne Parish Church of All Saints can be found at the Southern edge of this small village at the end of, appropriately enough, Church Road and just North of the River Avon. There is plenty of room to park near the Church, which is very impressive for a small village, and was built in Victorian times. It is an excellent state of repair with an immaculate churchyard.
2008-09-20 [ expand ]
I visited for the first time on Saturday 20th September 2008 as part of the WDCRA Southern Branch 2008 tour. The ringing room is reached by climbing a stone spiral staircase that starts inside the tower. The 6 bells are quite heavy and it is difficult to find a position to ring some of the bells. Bell #2 seemed to be particularly difficult. I managed a Touch of Plain Bob Doubles on bell #4.
2015-10-03 [ expand ]
I returned on Saturday 3rd October 2015 as the second tower [1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th] of the Inkberrow ringers outing.
I started by ringing up the Tenor, ringing takes place on a box and the rope was rather long. We rang an interesting mix of Rounds & Call Changes as well as Grandsire Doubles (on #3), mixed doubles — St Simons and St Martins — (on #5). I finished by ringing down #2.
The Bells
The tower has a ring of 6 bells with a tenor weighing 11-1-17 in F♯. Dove's Guide includes details of the bells at All Saints and more information is provided by the Coventry Diocesan Guild.
