The bells of St Gabriel, Stoke Gabriel, South Devon

The village of Stoke Gabriel lies in the beautiful South hams countryside, situated towards the head of the River Dart.
The bells are by a mixture of founders. Treble and 2nd by Warner 1889, 3rd by Mears & Stainbank 1906, 4th and 5th by the Penningtons cast in 1648 and 1674 respectively and the Tenor by William Pannell 1821. The 6 bells are notoriously difficult to strike well and are not easy to pick out in the ringing room, 3rd 4th and 5th being very odd struck and the Tenor not easy to get up with the clapper on the right side. Tenor 17cwt in F.
This is part of the winning peal from Saturday 8th July.

[@hymek7017]

Proper job 😊😊

[@christianong3703]

I'm looking foward to this 😊😊

[@christianong3703]

The a lovely tone for there age but heavy 6.

[@martinhough7956]

Never actually rung there, but I saw the bells at Arthur Fidler's workshop in Bow when he was rehanging them!

[@ryantrout6094]

Tough old bells but rewarding when you get them

[@user-sn1qx1tm4l]

@@ryantrout6094 they are hung on 2 levels

[@jacobparry6212]

Have you ever been to Tewkesbury abbey just wondering?

[@ryantrout6094]

Yes, they are beautiful