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Radio 4,29 Mar 2026,2 mins

The Church of Holy Cross, Woodchurch in Merseyside

Bells on Sunday

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Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of Holy Cross, Woodchurch in Merseyside. The fabric of the nave originates from the 12th century. However, the circular style graveyard suggests a pre-Norman date, possible Saxon or Romano-British. There are eight bells all of which were cast by the Whitechapel Foundry of London in 1971. The Tenor weighs three and three-quarter hundredweight and is tuned to the note of D. We hear them ringing Cambridge Surprise Major

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