Love's Guide to

The Bells of the City of London

All Churches, Towers and Turrets, Past and Present

Places with bells hung for full circle ringing are given in capitals. Towers no-longer in existence are in italics.

All Hallows Bread St, Bread St (Formerly 2 bells, 12 cwt.. )
All Hallows Honey Lane, Honey Lane (Formerly 3 bells. )
All Hallows Lombard St, Lombard St (Formerly ring of 10, 19½ cwt. )
All Hallows London Wall, London Wall (2 bells. 12 cwt approx.)
All Hallows Staining, Mark Lane (Formerly 6 bells, 8-2-21. )
All Hallows the Great, Upper Thames St (Formerly 2 bells, 18-1-19. )
All Hallows the Less, Upper Thames St (Formerly 4 bells. )
All Hallows-by-the-Tower, Great Tower Street (A chime of 18 bells plus 2 disused bells. 41-3-0)
All Saints, Skinner St (Details for former bells not known. )
Christ Church Greyfriars, Newgate St (Formerly 2 bells, service bell 22-2-20. )
Holy Trinity Minories, Minories (Formerly ring of 3 bells, 1 cwt approx. )
Holy Trinity the Less, Knightrider Street (Formerly 4 bells. )
St Alban Wood St, Wood St (Formerly 2 bells, 4 cwt approx. )
St Alphage, London Wall (Formerly 2 bells, 14 cwt. )
St Andrew by the Wardrobe, Queen Victoria St (3 bells hung dead and chimed with Ellacombe hammers. 8-0-8)
ST ANDREW HOLBORN, Holborn Circus (8 bells hung for full circle ringing. 18-1-21)
St Andrew Hubbard, Lovat Lane (Formerly 5 bells. )
St Andrew Undershaft, Leadenhall St (6 bells hung for dead in old ringing frame and disused. 13-2-6)
St Ann, Blackfriars (Details for former bells not known. )
St Anne & St Agnes, Gresham St (Single bell hung for full circle ringing.. 3 cwt approx.)
St Antholin, Budge Row / Watling Street (Formerly 2 bells, 10-1-23. )
St Audoen alias St Ewin, Newgate Street (Details for former bells not known. )
St Augustine, Watling St (Formerly 1 bell, 6 cwt approx. )
St Bartholomew by the Exchange, Bartholomew Lane (Formerly 5 bells. )
St Bartholomew Moor Lane, Moor Lane (Formerly 1 bell, 4-0-11. )
ST BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT, Smithfield (5 bells hung for full circle ringing and a clock bell. 5½ cwt approx.)
St Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield (3 bells hung dead in old ringing frame and rung with Ellacombe hammers. 6¾ cwt approx.)
St Benet Fink, Threadneedle Street (Formerly 3 bells, 9-1-22. )
St Benet Gracechurch, Gracechurch (Formerly 5, then 1 bells, 18-3-7. )
St Benet Paul's Wharf, Paul's Wharf (2 bells. 5 cwt approx.)
St Benet Sherehog, Poultry (Details for former bells not known. )
St Botolph Billingsgate, Billingsgate (Formerly 3 bells. )
St Botolph-without-Aldersgate, Aldersgate (2 bells hung dead with electronic hammers. 12-0-14)
ST BOTOLPH-WITHOUT-ALDGATE, Aldgate (8 bells hung for full circle ringing. 25-0-7)
ST BOTOLPH-WITHOUT-BISHOPSGATE, Bishopsgate (8 bells hung for full circle ringing. 17-1-6)
ST BRIDE, Fleet St (Single bell hung for full circle ringing. 15-0-8)
St Christopher le Stocks, Threadneedle Street (Formerly 6 bells. )
ST CLEMENT EASTCHEAP, Eastcheap (Single bell hung for full circle ringing without stay or slider. 6¼ cwt approx.)
St Dionis Backchurch, Lime St (Formerly ring of 10 bells, 19½ cwt approx. )
St Dunstan-in-the-East, Great Tower St (Formerly ring of 8, 21-0-14. )
ST DUNSTAN-IN-THE-WEST, Fleet St (10 bells hung for full circle ringing plus 2 clock bells hung dead. 10-3-23)
ST EDMUND KING & MARTYR, Lombard St (2 bells hung for full circle ringing but derelict. 14¾ cwt approx.)
St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate (2 bells hung for swing chiming. )
St Faith under St Paul, Castle Baynard (Formerly 1 bell. )
St Gabriel, Fenchurch St (Formerly 3 bells. )
St George, Botolph Lane (Formerly 2 bells, 6 cwt. )
ST GILES-WITHOUT-CRIPPLEGATE, Cripplegate (13 bells hung for full circle ringing (ring of 12 plus sharp 2nd). 34-0-6)
St Gregory by St Paul, Castle Baynard (Formerly 3 bells. )
St Helen Bishopsgate, Bishopsgate (3 bells hung dead and chimed with internal hammers. 4¾ cwt approx.)
St James Duke Place, Duke Place (Formerly 1 bell. )
ST JAMES GARLICKHYTHE (THE ROYAL JUBILEE BELLS), Garlick Hill (8 bells hung for full circle ringing, 2 bells hung dead and service bell hung for swing chiming but chimed with a fixed electronic hammer. 9-1-25)
St John at Walbrook, Walbrook (Formerly 3 bells. )
St John the Evangelist, Friday St (Formerly 4 bells. )
St John Zachary, Gresham St (Formerly 4 bells. )
St Katharine Coleman, Fenchurch St (Formerly 2 bells, 10½ cwt approx. )
ST KATHARINE CREE, Leadenhall St (6 bells hung for full circle ringing and disused clock bell hung dead. 9-3-18)
ST LAWRENCE JEWRY, Gresham St (8 bells hung for full circle ringing plus a small bell hung dead. 24-3-2)
St Lawrence Pountney, Laurence Pountney Lane (Formerly 3 bells. )
St Leonard Eastcheap, Eastcheap (Details for former bells not known. )
St Leonard Foster Lane, Foster Lane (Formerly 4 bells. )
ST MAGNUS THE MARTYR, LONDON BRIDGE, Lower Thames St (12 bells hung for full circle ringing plus clock bell hung dead. 26-3-9)
St Margaret Lothbury, Lothbury (3 bells hung dead in old ringing frame rung with Ellacombe hammers. 8-2-23)
St Margaret Moses, Friday St (Formerly 3 bells. )
St Margaret New Fish St, New Fish St (Formerly 3 bells. )
ST MARGARET PATTENS, Eastcheap (Single bell hung for full circle ringing and small bell hung dead. 6-0-6)
St Martin Orgar, Cannon St (Single clock bell. )
St Martin Outwich, Bishopsgate (Formerly 4 bells hung for full circle ringing. )
St Martin Pomeroy, Ironmonger Lane (Details for former bells not known. )
St Martin Vintry, Upper Thames St (Details for former bells not known. )
St Martin-within-Ludgate, Ludgate Hill (Service bell sitting on floor of belfry and small bell on display in the church. 3½ cwt approx.)
St Mary Abchurch, Cannon St (Single bell hung dead. 5-3-20)
St Mary Aldermanbury, Aldermanbury (Formerly 2 bells, 5 cwt approx. )
St Mary Aldermary, Queen Victoria St (Single bell hung dead with a rope attached to the clapper.. 4-3-14)
St Mary at Hill, Eastcheap (The only church in the City with no bells.. )
St Mary Axe, Leadenhall St (Formerly 3 bells. )
St Mary Bothaw, Dowgate Hill (Formerly 3 bells.. )
St Mary Colechurch, Poultry (Formerly 3 bells.. )
ST MARY LE BOW, Cheapside (12 bells hung for full circle ringing. 41-3-21)
St Mary Magdalen Milk St, Milk St (Formerly 3 bells.. )
St Mary Magdalen Old Fish St, Old Fish St (Formerly 2 bells, 9 cwt. )
St Mary Mounthaw, Old Fish Street Hill (Details for former bells not known.. )
St Mary Somerset, Upper Thames St (Formerly 1 bell, 5 cwt approx.. )
St Mary Staining, Oat Lane (Formerly 3 bells.. )
St Mary Woolchurch Haw, Poultry (Formerly 5 bells.. )
ST MARY WOOLNOTH, Lombard St (2 bells hung for full circle ringing and small bell hung for full circle ringing. 13½ cwt approx)
St Matthew Friday St, Friday St (Formerly 1 bell, 3½ cwt approx. )
St Michael Bassishaw, Basinghall Street (Details for former bells not known. )
ST MICHAEL CORNHILL, Cornhill (12 bells hung for full circle ringing plus 3 bells hung dead, 1 of which has a chiming hammer. 32-1-6)
St Michael Crooked Lane, Crooked Lane (Formerly 2 bells, 3 cwt approx. )
St Michael le Querne, Panyer Alley (Details for former bells not known.. )
St Michael Paternoster Royal, College Hill (Single bell hung for swing chiming with lever (disused). 2¾ cwt approx.)
St Michael Queenhithe, Upper Thames St (Formerly 2 bells, 18 cwt approx. )
St Michael Wood St, Wood St (Formerly 3, then 2 bells. )
St Mildred Bread St, Bread St (Formerly 1 bell, 2½ cwt approx. )
St Mildred Poultry, Poultry (Formerly 3 bells. )
St Nicholas Acon, Nicholas Lane (Formerly 5 bells.. )
St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Queen Victoria St (Single bell. 4-3-9)
St Nicholas Olave, Bread Street Hill (Formerly 3 bells.. )
St Nicholas Shambles, Butcher Hall Lane (Details for former bells not known. )
ST OLAVE HART ST, Hart St (8 bells hung for full circle ringing and single bell hung dead and disused. 11-3-20)
St Olave Old Jewry, Old Jewry (Formerly 3 bells, 11 cwt approx. )
St Olave Silver St, Silver St (Formerly 2 bells.. )
St Pancras Soper Lane, Soper Lane (Formerly 6, then 5 bells.. )
ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, Ludgate Hill (13 bells hung for full circle ringing forming a ring of 12 and an extra earlier bell, plus 2 quarter chimes, an hour bell and a bourdon. 61-2-22)
St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London (Single bell hung for swing chiming. 3-3-3)
St Peter le Poer, Broad St (Formerly 3 bells and a small bell, 9-3-26. )
St Peter Paul's Wharf, Upper Thames Street (Formerly 3 bells. )
St Peter Westcheap, Westcheap (Details for former bells not known.. )
St Peter-upon-Cornhill, Cornhill (Single bell hung for full circle ringing but derelict plus single unhung bell. 10¾ cwt approx.)
ST SEPULCHRE WITHOUT NEWGATE, Holborn Viaduct (12 bells hung for full circle ringing plus bell hung dead. 28-2-16)
St Stephen Coleman St, Coleman St (Formerly ring of 8 bells, 14 cwt approx. )
St Stephen Walbrook, Walbrook (Single bell hung for swing chiming with a lever plus an unhung bell. 9½ cwt approx.)
St Swithin London Stone, Cannon St (Formerly 2 bells, 3-1-19. )
St Thomas Apostle, Knightrider St (Formerly 3 bells.. )
ST VEDAST FOSTER LANE, Foster Lane (6 bells hung for full circle ringing. 16-2-12)
Temple Church, Temple (1 bell hung dead. 9 cwt approx.)

Love's Guide to the Church Bells of the City of London