The Bells of South Lopham, Norfolk

The heavy ring of six at St Andrew's Church in South Lopham, are primarily an 'old' ring of bells, crowned by a very nice 1965 John Taylor & Co tenor, weighing 20-2-1cwt and tuned to E. The treble was cast by Thomas Gardiner in 1733, the 2nd and 3rd in c1499† by the Bury St Edmunds foundry, the 4th in 1725 by Thomas Gardiner with the 5th and oldest bell being cast in c1380† by a London foundry.
The bells were augmented to six in 1956, with the addition of a new tenor bell and were rehung in a new cast iron frame. The work being undertaken by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. As it noted from F Nolan Golden's peal records, citing a peal rung on Saturday 16th October 1965 in 2h 57m. 5040 Minor (7m) being extents of Double Oxford, Oxford Bob, Double Court, Court Bob, St Clement's, Double Bob and Plain Bob. 1, Alfred W Foreman. 2, David Cubitt. 3, Martin Cubitt. 4, George Sayer. 5, H William Barrett. 6, F Nolan Golden (C). ''The first peal on the bells. There were five bells here in 1553, of 4, 8,, 12, 16 and 20 cwt.''

[@brandonwarman]

Nice bells. Are they rung often?

[@tittums]

Not as far as I am aware, I don't think they have a local band, or at least they don't according to the NDAR website.

[@brandonwarman]

@@tittums that’s a shame, they seem like a nice ring of 6