St Wilfrid’s Harrogate – 50 Years of Bells in 50 Pictures

In 1973 six bells were dedicated at St Wilfrid’s by the Dean of Ripon and were subsequently augmented to eight in 1977.

  • St Wilfrid’s church viewed from top of St Peter’s tower
  • The original bell, cast 1914. Now serving as the Sanctus Bell
  • High Hoyland church, where the recast bells came from
  • Entry from Foundry Logbook
  • Raising of the new bells in 1973
  • Arrival of the new bells in 1973
  • The new six bells (13 October 1973, Harrogate Advertiser)
  • St Wilfrids Bell Ringers, 16th July 1974
  • The second was recast from a redundant bell from Sculcoates church
  • The treble was cast from a redundant bell from St Clement’s Sheepscar
  • Dedication of the new trebles in 1977
  • Dedication of the new trebles in 1977
  • Bells for Televised Songs of Praise, BBC1 from St Wilfrid’s Harrogate, February 1983
  • St Wilfrid’s Church, 9th April 1989
  • Ringing bells in 1991. Note original colour scheme of the ringing chamber.
  • Raising funds for bells in 1992 (Harrogate Advertiser)
  • Recruitment Drive for Millennium in 1999 (Harrogate Advertiser)
  • Ringing in the Millennium, 1st January 2000
  • Ringing the for the new Millennium. 1st January 2000.
  • St Wilfrid’s Ringers 2005
  • September 2008. Sunday Service Ringing
  • The bells were originally hung on steel bar headstocks
  • In 2009 the bells were rehung with new headstocks and wheels
  • Tenor Bell 6cwts and 3lbs in C
  • Bells raised for ringing
  • October 2010, Ringer’s Outing north of Ripon at Kirklington
  • The late Robert Atkinson, sometime Ringing Master at St Wilfrid’s
  • Wednesday Practice, November 2013
  • The weathercock on the tower
  • Model Bell and Percy the Panda
  • St Wilfrid’s youth band, 2015
  • Sponsored ring for Development Appeal, October 2015
  • St Wilfrid’s ringers holding practice at Beckwithshaw, Summer 2016
  • Wedding of Katie Woodhall and Matt Smith. October 2017
  • Ringers at Wedding of Katie Woodhall and Matt Smith, October 2017
  • Poppy petals dropped from bell tower
  • Church floodlit for the centenary of the Armistice, 2018
  • Quarter Peal band for the Centenary of the Armistice, Sunday 11th November 2018
  • Butterfly looking out of tower window
  • Access to tower over Quire roof
  • Cleaning the Ringing Chamber before restarting ringing, post COVID, 2021
  • Ringing for the Coronation of King Charles III, Saturday 6th May 2023
  • Wedding of Lauren Woodhall and Nathan Barker, 7th October 2023
  • October 2023, Ringing to commemorate 50th Anniversary of Dedication of Bells
  • St Wilfrid’s Church, Duchy Road, Harrogate
  • View of High Altar from triforium
  • John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, where our bells were cast
  • Bells set for ringing