The present ring at St.James's is a splendid 8, cast and installed by John Taylors of Loughborough in 1904, with a Tenor of 19cwt in E-flat. This replaced an 1824 ring of eight by Mears of Whitechapel which, in turn, replace a ring of 6 bells.

The tower was rebuilt in 1709 due to the previous tower and spire having fallen down on January 7th 1698. It was reported that the bells were being rung at the time and that several ringers lost their lives as a consequence. The new tower does not include a spire due to the Brief only yielding one quarter of the sum asked for and so all thought of rebuilding the spire was abandoned (ref. Blunt's, Dursley And Its Neighbourhood).

RINGING :

Sunday Services:       Morning from 9:00 until 10:00
                               Evening by arrangement, dependent on services and quarter peals.

Practice:                   Thursdays from 19:30 until 21:00(except Holy Week).
                               All stages up to Sliced Surprise Major

Secretary:                Ian Unsworth    (01453 549229)
Ringing Master:        Philip Pope       (01453 548332)
Steeple Keeper:        Andrew Lyons   (01453 546476)

All ringers are welcome to join us for ringing for any service or on practice nights.

Click HERE to read the latest new from the bell ringer page in the Parish Magazine.

Congratulation to our bell ringers for winning this year's Croome Trophy in the face of stiff competition.