HUDDERSFIELD PARISH KEYS
HUDDERSFIELD PARISH KEYS
HUDDERSFIELD PARISH CHURCH
THE BELLS OF ST PETER

The bells of the Parish Church are rung each Sunday morning and on major festivals and weddings to call people to worship, and to let people know that worship is going on at the heart of our town.
 

Bell ringing is the ‘greatest noise made to the glory of God’.
 

Practice night is Wednesday at 7.30pm - all ringers are welcome.
 

The peal of ten bells was refurbished in 1995. All ten bells were re-hung with work carried out by Pembletons of Derbyshire.
 
This prayer was written for the occasion of the re-dedication of our bells on Advent Sunday, 3 December 1995, and is said each week at practices:
 
O Lord you have given us the skill of bell-ringing
Let each of us, as we ring, acknowledge the message they send
a message which proclaims your glory
a message which declares your love for all
a message that calls all to this place to learn more of the faith
that you have given to us. AMEN.
 
Bell diameter
Weight
Note
Date
 Inscription/decoration
   
Cwt
qrs
lbs
      
Treble
26 ¾
5
1
17
F#
1909
 PRO DEO, REGE, PATRIA,
PROPINQUIS TAYLOR FECIT
 
 
Second
27 5/8
5
0
7
E
1909
 BENEDECITE DOMINO PUERI AT
QUE PUELLAE TAYLOR FECIT
 
 
Third
229 1/8
5
1
10
D
1909
 VENITE EXULTEMUS DOMINO
TAYLOR FECIT
 
 
Fourth
30 ¼
5
2
6
C#
1909
 TE DEUM LAUDAMUS
TAYLOR FECIT
 
 
Fifth
32 5/8
6
2
27
B
1909
 IUBILATE DEO TAYLOR FECIT
 
 
Sixth
35
7
2
15
A
1909
 GLORIA DEO IN EXCELSIS
TAYLOR FECIT
             
Seventh
38 3/8
9
2
25
G
1909
 CANTATE DOMINO
TAYLOR FECIT
 
 
Eighth
41
11
3
22
F#
1909
 GLORIA PATRI, FILIO, AC SPIRITUI
SANCTO TAYLOR FECIT
 
 
Ninth
45 ½
16
1
6
E
1909
 LAUDATE DOMINUM IN
MEMORIUM SAMUEL ANNE ET IOH
OAKES PER PIETATE M E LAING
 
 
Tenth
51 ½
23
1
2
D+
1909
 BEATI QUI SONUM IUCUNDUM
20 NORUNT TAYLOR FECIT
LOUGHBOROUGH
 
 
On the waist of the tenor the inscription reads:
These bells recast 1909 replaced a peal purchased by subscription promoted and conducted by Godfrey Berry 1815.