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Brinklow, St John the Baptist, Warwickshire
	Bells:	8; 8-1-20 in Ab
	Grid Reference:	140/437796
	Postcode:	CV23 0LQ
	District	Rugby
	Peals:	Felstead Database
	Recording of the 6:
	Practice Night:	Wednesday 7:30pm-9.00pm
	Service Ringing:	On rota
	Contact:	Timothy Wykes 2 Crookhouse Yard, The Crescent, Brinklow, CV23 0LQ Tel: 01788 832098

History Of The Bells

A pleasant village close to Coventry. The church is just off the main road through the village. The bells are rung from upstairs, the entrance being round the south corner of the bottom of the tower inside the church.

The frame and fittings are by Taylor, 1913 at which time the Smith of Edgbaston 5 were rehung and a treble added. The 2nd, 3rd & 5th bells indicate that they had been chip tuned after casting and the tenor "skirted" to raise its note slightly. Taylors tuned the whole ring to the note of the 5th during the restoration. The Smith bells  have been eighth turned and their canons removed and the 1913 bell has been quarter turned.

Ball bearings were fitted by the local ringers (an early DIY job!) in 1969-70. These bells used to be rung from the ground floor. The ropes hung in two straight lines on opposite sides of the tower, and the ringers stood on a sloping floor! The ringers moved upstairs in 1970.

The scheme to augment these bells to 8 was completed at Easter 2011.  The Guild donated the treble in memory of Harry Windsor.

There is plenty of on-street parking near to the church.