The church of St John the Baptist, Midsomer Norton in Somerset

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This week's Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St John the Baptist, Midsomer Norton in Somerset. The three stage church tower dates from the 15th century although the upper two stages, including the statue of King Charles the second, are from 1674. At that time there were eight bells, three of which are said to have been donated by King Charles. In 1976 the bells were augmented to a ring of twelve with a tenor bell weighing twenty one and a quarter hundred weight in the note of B flat. We now hear them ringing Bristol Surprise Maximus.