The church bells of All Saints, Okehampton, Devon
The church of All Saints, Okehampton, sits high above and away from the Town.
The 8 bells are superb and sound, both good in the ringing room and from outside. They are basically a Gillett & Johnston octave with 2 of the former bells by Thomas Wroth cast in 1750 as 5th and 6th. Treble, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 7th and Tenor all by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon and cast in 1937, the 2 older bells tuned to match the new ring. Considering most of Wroth's bells in the County are poor tonally, these are pretty good and match in well. Tenor weights 16-2-13 in F. They are hung all on one level in a cast iron frame dated 1937.
Okehampton are a proper ring of bells, being easy to handle, slightly tricky around the middle but nothing to untoward, worth seeking out, they are a real gem! One of my favourite 8's in Devon.
This video was taken on Saturday, 6th January. The ringers from Treble to Tenor are - Scott Adams, Jenny Sparling, Lee Avery, Martin Sharland, Paul Wright, Alban Forster, William Carew and Ian Fielding.
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Brilliant, thanks for posting this. Always wondered what the Okehampton bells were like as my brother lives nearby... never got to ring there though. They've got that lovely Gillett twang to them. Lovely ringing too!
Ohhh yeah there lovely looks like it's a competition practice for another 8 bell coming up somewhere. First time i met the trout's was when i went to Bickleigh near Plymouth there a nice little 6 but couldn't ring as they not met me before but thought some of the ringers up there looked so familiar. It was my dad's freind's wedding there & the ringing was fantastic!!!! 5 years ago we went there. Then i met them properly at the Major Final at Molland & there lovely lound heavy going 6 bells but one of the toughest rings of 6 in devon like Marwood my thorth home tower there awful.
Thats very odd that the tenor has a red rope, only a few weeks ago I went and they had all ropes normal
Excellent call changes and striking and cartwheeling in Devon tradition 😊
Also I am not a fan of the 3rd, I think the tower moves slightly on that side meaning it goes way too far back and handstroke and is then harder to get the end to stay up at back.
Wonderful and glorious!
Lovely sounding bells .
Wow! Amazing! 👍👍
Good to see one of the ringers ringing with the Devon Ringers. I assume he now travels with you lot now.
@ryantrout6094
5 ай бұрын
Which ringer?
@mrunixman1579
5 ай бұрын
@@ryantrout6094 Alban
@mrunixman1579
5 ай бұрын
He and I rung at same tower and therefore I known him for long time. We both rung from young ages. Alban advanced more with his method ringing to me.
Another Bickleigh in Tiverton.
A problem with it i think
@DevonRingerEwan
5 ай бұрын
Did it snap while you were there or was the red replacement already there?
@ryantrout6094
5 ай бұрын
Was already on
@DevonRingerEwan
5 ай бұрын
@ryantrout6094 Very strange, the sally looked like it was falling apart but they all do tbh
@user-sn1qx1tm4l
5 ай бұрын
@@ryantrout6094 nice bells