Devon Call Change Ringing at St Mark, Swindon, Wiltshire

The third episode of the Devon call-change ringers’ Swindon day took us to my home tower of St Mark, an easy-going ring of bells to compensate for the morning challenges! (We did visit Christ Church afterwards, but I did not film this time, as I had recorded the group here previously). Whilst perhaps not the most bright or tuneful ring of bells, they sound pleasant and handle nicely.
St Mark’s church was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and was built for the Great Western Railway (GWR) railway workers who lived in the nearby railway village; it was dedicated on St Mark’s day, 25th April 1845. Although a tower was built with bells in mind, these were not installed until 1904, when a ring of six bells were cast by Llewellins and James of Bristol, as a memorial to Canon Ponsonby. These bells were augmented to eight by Mears and Stainbank of Whitechapel in 1927, and were rehung with new bearings and headstocks in 1993, also by Whitechapel, at which time they were quarter turned (but not tuned).
Tenor 11½cwt in G
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