The Bells of the Parish Church of Prestatyn

The tenor bell at Christ Church, Prestatyn

The six bells of Prestatyn Parish Church were hung during 2004 by Eayre and Smith of Derby and were dedicated by the Lord Bishop of St Asaph, The Right Rev'd John Davies on Sunday 21 December 2004. They were paid for by donations and also by families in memory of a loved one. A brand new ringing team was coached and there are now twelve regular ringers.

Practice Night is usually Tuesdays at 7.00p.m.

Treble: 196lbs - 1cwt 3 qtr 0lbs
2: 216lbs - 1 - 3 - 20
3: 312lbs - 2 - 3 - 4
4: 357lbs - 3 - 0 - 21
5: 466lbs - 4 - 0 - 18
Tenor: 619lbs - 5 - 2 - 3

Bellringers' Secretary
Mr Harry Cranford, 16 Clayton Drive, Prestatyn LL19 9RW
Telephone 01745 887896

Tower Captain
Mr Ffrangcon Roberts, 6 Mostyn Avenue, Prestatyn LL19 9NF
Telephone: 01745 888905.

A very warm welcome is extended to visiting teams of ringers.

Pictures courtesy of Mr Frank Cook


	Bellringing The ringing of bells full circle by means of rope and wheel is unique to the British Isles, a few former colonies and the area around Verona in Italy. Change-ringing in the English-speaking countries has evolved over the last three and a half centuries and some of the changes now rung would be familiar to our predecessors from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Until the late Nineteenth Century, most ringing was organised by bands belonging to individual churches or in major cities of the time such as London, Oxford and Norwich, belonging to groups of churches. Over the last hundred and fifty years many societies based largely on diocesan boundaries have been established. Today There are over five thousand rings of five or more bells on which change ringing can be practised. These are mainly in Anglican churches but there is a growing number of ringers in other Christian traditions