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The bells at Wells Cathedral are the heaviest ring of ten bells in the world, [159] the tenor bell (the 10th and largest), known as Harewell, weighing 56.25 long hundredweight (2,858 kg). [160] They are hung for full-circle ringing in the English style of change ringing. These bells are now hung in the south-west tower, although some were ...
The Wells Cathedral clock is an astronomical clock in the north transept ... who hits a bell with a hammer held in his right hand and two bells hung beneath him with ...
Wells Cathedral: Wells, Somerset, UK 2 change ringing bells including tenor bell 2,864 1877 Tenor bell is 5th heaviest bell in the world hung for change ringing. [21] Wills Memorial Building: University of Bristol, Bristol, UK bourdon bell "Great George" 9,724 1925 Second heaviest bell rung by hand in the UK. [21] Winchester Cathedral ...
Wells (/ w ɛ l z /) [2] is a cathedral city and civil parish in Somerset, located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, 21 miles (34 km) south-east of Weston-super-Mare, 22 mi (35 km) south-west of Bath and 23 mi (37 km) south of Bristol.
Wells Cathedral School; Wells St Andrew; The Old Deanery, Wells This page was last edited on 7 January 2024, at 14:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Four bells of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, including the tenor, remain from the ring of eight cast by Abel Rudhall in 1751. [21] Five bells cast by Abel Rudhall in 1757 still hang in Wells Cathedral. [22] Bells cast in 1762 by Thomas Rudhall hang in St George's, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire.
Interior of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, England. In 1338, to strengthen the cathedral, low arches topped by inverted arches of similar dimensions were inserted, forming scissors-like structures. These “scissor” arches brace the piers of the crossing on three sides, while the easternmost side is braced by a choir screen. Date: Taken July 2006 ...
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