Bell Ringing

The bell ringing teams welcome enquiries from experienced ringers or those wanting to learn the relaxing art of bell-ringing; a pastime that costs nothing and provides excellent social contacts. For further information on how to get involved, please contact us using the Get in Touch page.

The tower has a ring of six bells, originally hung in wooden frames, and a Sanctus bell. In 1552 the Commissioners’ Inventories record ‘Stevington: three belles in the stepulle: A small belle: Sacringe belle: A burying belle’. William Yare of Reading cast the fourth and tenor bells in 1613. Henry I Knight, also of Reading, cast the second bell in 1617. Ellis II Knight and Henry III Knight cast the treble bell in 1674. William Taylor of Loughborough cast the third and fifth bells in 1849, presumably at their Oxford foundry. Rather unusually, the main entrance to the church is through the ground floor of the tower, which also serves as the ringing chamber, with three bell-ropes on either side of the entrance.

Tower Captain –Mrs Jeanette Owen