Trumpington Bells
Trumpington Church
Ringing
Sunday Service ringing is from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m for Morning Service, when numbers permit. Contact us to check.On Sunday evenings there may sometimes also be a quarter peal attempt at 5:00 p.m, prior to ringing for Evensong.
Practice Night is Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Visitors welcome!
Weddings and visiting bands by arrangement with the Vicar and Secretary.
Tower Captain : Robert Oakeshott
Secretary : Sharon Stimpson
Location: St Mary & St Michael Trumpington, 1a Grantchester Rd, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LH
OS Map Reference:TL443549
Bells
Trumpington houses a glorious ring of 8 bells. The heaviest (tenor) bell weighs just over half a ton (10-2-22 cwt, 543 kg) tuned to the note G. Here are the detailed Weights, Notes and Inscriptions of the Bells.
The original 5 bells in the tower were augmented to 6 in 1928, with the addition of a new treble, all hung in a new oak frame. The organ loft, made from the old frame, was dedicated by the Archdeacon of Ely in 1929.
In 1957, the old bells were recast and rehung with new fittings in an extended frame with two additional trebles by John Taylor & Co (Loughborough). In addition, the late medieval 5th bell of the old six, cast at Bury St Edmunds circa 1450, is now hung for tolling as a Sanctus Bell.