Ringing of the Bells St Peter’s Church

The Tower Captain Mr Malcolm Loveday BEM and the campanologists of St Peter’s church will carry out a full circle ringing to mark the victory in Europe commemorations. The Chertsey Bells can be heard for several miles and have an auspicious history in Surrey. There are eight bells, the tenor weighing approximately one ton. The treble, second and tenor are inscribed by G. Mears and dated 1859, but the tenor, cast in 1670 by Bryan(?) Eldridge of Chertsey (maybe in itself a recasting of an earlier Chertsey Abbey bell), was recast by Mears at the expense of Angela Burdett-Coutts, of the famous banking family, and by her specially named “Shoshannim“. No. 3 was cast by R. Phelps in London in 1730 and is inscribed to two benefactors, Arthur Onslow and Thomas Scawen. No. 4 is by Lester and Pack of London it is now used for ringing the curfew from Michaelmas to Lady Day (29 September to 25 March).