St Cuthberts, Shustoke |
St Cuthberts Shustoke from the SW
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Ringing timesCurrently ringing is only by arrangement and usually for weddings and special services. Sunday Ringing times
First Sunday St Johns Lea Marston 9.15 for 9.30am Second Sunday St Cuthberts Shustoke 9.00 for 9.30am Third Sunday St Leonards Over Whitacre 10.45 for 11am Fourth Sunday St Giles Nether Whitacre 10.30 for 11am Fifth Sunday St Giles Nether Whitacre 9.30 for 10am joint service Bell details1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1950 3-2-3 25.50" 1377.5Hz (E#-24c)
2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1887 4-2-0 27.25" 1233.5Hz (D#-15c) 3 William Bagley, Chacombe 1698 4¾cwt 28.75" 1093.0Hz (C#-25c) 4 William Bagley, Chacombe 1698 5¼cwt 30.75" 964.0Hz (B-42c) 5 Lester and Pack, Whitechapel 1768 7½cwt 34.00" 920.5Hz (A#-22c) 6 Lester and Pack, Whitechapel 1768 10½cwt 39.125" 811.5Hz (G#-40c) These bells sound different - the locals think inside they are not too nice but outside are very pretty. The bells are classed as a minor six but ring as a 2 to 7 of a ring of eight. The frame is dated from 1769 and bells were last properly rehung by Taylors in 1924. The treble was added in 1950 and has a headstock welded by Gordon Lane. The church suffered a lightning strike in 1880's and was rebuilt in 1887 after the nave being roofless for a number of years. |
