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Radio 4,28 Dec 2025,2 mins

The church of St Bartholomew Haslemere in Surrey

Bells on Sunday

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Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Bartholomew Haslemere in Surrey. The church was substantially rebuilt in 1871 but retained its 13th century west tower. Today the tower houses a ring of ten bells all cast by John Taylor of Loughborough in the 1920’s, the lightest two of which commemorate Alfred Lord Tennyson and are engraved with words from his poem ‘Ring out Wild Bells’. The Tenor weighs thirteen hundredweight and is tuned to the note of F sharp. We hear them ringing Stedman Caters

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