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Church of St Peter

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Church of St Peter, Newdigate Found opposite the Six Bells pub at the junction of Rusper Road and Church Lane this has been a place of worship for the best part of a thousand years http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=8229. The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th or 13th-century (depending on which history you read) with subsequent major additions in the 14th, 16th and 19th-centuries. The wooden west tower is acclaimed as one of the finest oak structures in England http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42972#s1 and houses 6 bells cast in 1803 by Thomas Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry Whitechapel_Bell_Foundry. These fine bells found the perfect home as the Newdigate ringers soon became champions http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/burstow/burstow_bellringing_2.html#98. At the end of an evening of ringing the changes on Thomas Mears' six bells the ringers would be able to cross the road to enjoy a drink, a smoke and a song in the other Six Bells! Sometimes it's easy to work out how a pub got its name.
Church of St Peter, Newdigate Found opposite the Six Bells pub at the junction of Rusper Road and Church Lane this has been a place of worship for the best part of a thousand years http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=8229. The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th or 13th-century (depending on which history you read) with subsequent major additions in the 14th, 16th and 19th-centuries. The wooden west tower is acclaimed as one of the finest oak structures in England http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42972#s1 and houses 6 bells cast in 1803 by Thomas Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry Whitechapel_Bell_Foundry. These fine bells found the perfect home as the Newdigate ringers soon became champions http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/burstow/burstow_bellringing_2.html#98. At the end of an evening of ringing the changes on Thomas Mears' six bells the ringers would be able to cross the road to enjoy a drink, a smoke and a song in the other Six Bells! Sometimes it's easy to work out how a pub got its name. Author: Andy Potter, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
51° 9' 55.08" N, 0° 17' 18.62" W

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