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Radio 4,11 Jun 2023,2 mins

St Margaret’s Church in Tanfield, County Durham.

Bells on Sunday

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This week's Bells on Sunday, comes from St Margaret’s Church in Tanfield, County Durham. The church has a ring of ten bells, eight of which were cast by John Warner of Cripplegate in the late 19th century. In 2019 two new trebles cast by the Westley foundry of Newcastle under Lyme were added.The Tenor bell weighs ten and three quarter hundredweight and is tuned to the note of G. We hear them ringing Plain Bob Caters in celebration of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

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