Heritage at All Saints' Church Pontefract

The Bells
Details and History

A Short History of Bells at Pontefract All Saints'

1598	There may have been as many as 12 bells in the Tower.
1837	George Fox records a bell in his manuscript "History of Pontefract" Ornaments on the bell
1863	6 Bells were installed.
19^th April 1892	The Annual Vestry meeting records a letter from the ringers "calling attention to the state of the bells"
31^st January 1905	A Faculty for 2 new trebles and recast tenor was granted.
11^th April 1905	7:30 pm. Rededication service for the new bells. The cost of the works was 349 Pounds, 12 shillings and 4 pence The Offertory given was 4 Pounds 10 Shillings. The note and weights of the new bells The Inscriptions of the new bells The sizes of the new bells
2005	Celebration 100 years of 8 bells