Spetisbury church bell peals for 400th year before tower repairs
A church bell cast nearly 400 years ago will fall silent for six months in its quatercentenary year as vital repair work begins on a 15th-century bell tower.The £100,000 scheme to address damp and replace eroded stonework at St John the Baptist in Spetisbury, Dorset, follows a two-year fundraising effort by parishioners.The heaviest of six bells in the tower weighs 0.9 tonnes (1,900lbs), measures 110cm in diameter (44in), and an inscription shows it was cast in 1626.To mark…
