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

Holy Trinity Minories, Minories

Formerly ring of 3 bells, 1 cwt approx
Grid Ref: TQ336811
Diocese: London

The 1711 ring of 3

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Note	Date	Founder	Retuned	Fate
Treble (of 3)				1711	Richard Phelps	Never	Recast 1724 or 1753
2 (of 3)				1711	Richard Phelps	Never	Recast 1724 or 1753
Tenor (of 3)	2¼ cwt approx.			1711	Richard Phelps	Never	Recast 1724 or 1753

Recasting in 1724

Bell		Weight	Diameter	Note	Date	Founder	Retuned	Fate
One of the 3					1724	Unknown	Never	Recast 1753

The 1753 ring of 3

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Note	Date	Founder	Retuned	Fate
Treble (of 3)	½ cwt approx.	16"	C♯	1753	Thomas Lester	Never	Removed 1899, fate unknown
2 (of 3)	½ cwt approx.	16"	C	1753	Thomas Lester	Never	Removed 1899, fate unknown
Tenor (of 3)	½ cwt approx.	19"	A	1753	Thomas Lester	Never	Removed 1899, fate unknown

History

	1666		Church escaped the Great Fire.
	1711		A new ring of 3 bells was cast by Richard Phelps at a cost of £24. (The old bells were taken to him in 1709.) The tenor was 2¼ cwt.
	1724		One of the bells, having become broken, was recast.
	1734		On October 10th, 1734, William Laughton and two other ringers rang the bells. They rang 168 sixes with some difficulty, which he wrote about. [1]
	1753		Tower built, a bell was sold and 3 new bells were cast and hung. The bells cost £23.19.1.
	1899		Church closed and was later demolished. The fate of the bells is unknown.

[1]

That is the hardest peal to raise That e'er I met in all my days. The tenor is so very light, Two hundred one quarter is the weight. The ropes were small, - our hands they cut, No sallies in them e'er were put; So with some chalk we made a mark, Or else we'd all been in the dark, But that shewed us whereabouts to catch, And stop in due time at full stretch. But for all that we made ado To keep the ropes from slipping through. (William Laughton, 1734)

Engravings

Old engraving of the church.
Photo:

Engraving of the ruins.
Photo: DLC collection.

Not much of the church remains today. One of the walls can be seen here. The church yard is now a park in the foreground.
Photo: Dickon R Love, 2004

Photographs

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

Page updated: 13 October 2019