New bells for St Chad’s Date published: 25 April 2021
St Chad s, Rochdale Parish Church
The Parish Church of St Chad is to replace its current ring of bells with eight restored and donated bells and two new bells.
The donated bells, which were cast by Mears & Stainbank in 1937, will be restored and augmented with two new bells. These two bells are intended to be the ring’s number 1 treble and the number 10 tenor.
The acquired ring of bells were previously hung at St Mark’s Parish Church, Glodwick. They have been donated to St Chad’s by the Manchester Diocese. They are presently being kept in protective storage at Taylor s Loughborough Bell Foundry, under the stewardship of the Keltek Trust acting on behalf of the Manchester Diocese. The removal and storage costs were funded by the charity, and these costs have been granted to the St Chad’s project.