Hockwold church

[Mikeymutt]

Thank you.i have now read your edited text.thanks for filling the gaps in.i now understand why they remain situ.

 

[RichardH]

It should also be noted that these bells were not hung for 'change ringing' as there is no evidence of the frames being ever fitted with wheels - the bell rope is attached to a straight wooden truss that is fixed at right angles to the pivot, which passes through the middle of truss assembly. When they were rung the bells just swung to and fro, there was no means of completely inverting the bells and resting them mouth uppermost. Thus the forces that were put upon the structure were not the same.

Ah, thanks. When I see an English church, I tend to automatically think "change-ringing". Definitely less of a concern if they are just for chiming, but still sad that they are mute.