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Radio 4,08 Mar 2026,2 mins

The church of St Mary the Virgin, Bromfield in Shropshire

Bells on Sunday

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Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Mary the Virgin, Bromfield in Shropshire. The parish church is a fragment of a Norman priory and originally had a central tower, but this was replaced by the present tower on the Northwest corner of the church in about 1200. There are six bells, five of which were cast by the Rudhall foundry of Gloucester in 1737. The bells were tuned and rehung in 1890 by Taylors of Loughborough. The Tenor weighs eight and a half hundredweight and is tuned to the note of G sharp We hear them ringing Cambridge Surprise Minor

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