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Radio 4,01 Mar 2026,2 mins

The church of St Botolph without Bishopsgate, London

Bells on Sunday

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Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Botolph without Bishopsgate, London. Lying just outside the city walls the first known written record of the church is from the early 13th century. Narrowly escaping the Great Fire of London of 1666, the building fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in the 18th century and a peal of 8 bells installed. However, after only fifty four years those bells were replaced by a maiden ring of eight by the Patrick and Osborn foundry, the only complete ring by that foundry to survive. The Tenor weighs seventeen and one quarter hundredweight and is tuned to the note of D. We hear them ringing Stedman Triples.

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