Devon Call Change Ringing at Purton, Wiltshire

Filmed Saturday 13th October 2018, when Scott Adams (Bellr1nger) and his Devon call-change band visited Swindon Branch for a day of ringing. The team were a pleasure to host, and I was very pleased to be able to join in with some of their ringing as well.

Purton was our first tower. While undoubtedly glorious in their own way, they are a very strange ring of bells, and a real handful too. The heavy six were augmented by Taylor’s in 1989, and the two new trebles blend in well; they work well as an eight. However, a mixed bag of founders, strange weight gradients, long draught and big-going back bells make for a real heave! You will also spot that the sixth bell is just a tiny bit oddstruck! Cast by Joseph Carter of Reading in 1598, it is thought to be the largest bell he cast. The tenor, cast by Abel Rudhall, is a comparatively light bell for its note, and the jump in weight from the 4th (8-0-21) to the 5th (14-2-0) is most unusual; the back bells are all tenors in their own right, with little jump in weight between them! A rewarding ring, but certainly no pushover!

The church itself is a super building, and one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire (Wanborough and Ormskirk being the others). The spire dates from the 14th century, and the tower from the 15th.

Tenor 20-0-14 in C#

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