Bring Back Butterleigh's Bells

Bring Back Butterleigh's Bells Have you missed the pleasure of hearing St. Fabulous facts eh? This is a very exciting moment for our community, but also a nerve wracking one.

Help us to raise the funds we need to restore our ancient bells and return them to the tower, so we can enjoy their beautiful sound across the valley once again. Matthew’s Church bells ring?
• Did you know they haven’t rung since 2017 when an inspection of the tower deemed them unsafe?
• Did you know that the tower is the oldest part of the church and is believed to have been constructed betwe

en 1277 and 1319?
• Did you know that one of the bells dates from the 15th century and the other two date from the 18th century?
• Did you know that the oldest bell bears an inscription found on only 35 bells in the country? It has taken a long time to find the right people and the funding to make a start on the huge task of mending the bells, but, as of Monday, work will begin to remove them from the tower. The physical removal of the bells will be a poignant and marked event – each bell weighs around 500kg! We are very grateful for a donation from the DCC grant of £1250 from Cllr John Berry’s Locality Funding toward the cost of removing the bells, but only once the bells have been inspected in the foundry will we know the extent of the damage and thus the cost. We will then have to raise what we know will be a very substantial remaining amount. Donations would be very gratefully received and can be given via our justgiving page.

06/10/2022

What an afternoon - a village community celebrating under clear blue skies to the sound of Butterleigh’s Bells ringing out loud and clear. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who made this possible.

We can officially tell you that the bells have been re-hung and are ready to be rung! Anyone in the village this afterno...
27/09/2022

We can officially tell you that the bells have been re-hung and are ready to be rung! Anyone in the village this afternoon will have heard the beautiful sound of the bell test run! 🔔 🙏 🎉

Join us this Sunday (2nd October) at 3pm for a short service of celebration in St. Matthew’s followed by a shared tea in the village hall. We can’t wait to welcome everyone.

Wonderful to welcome back these old friends to St Matthew’s today. Big thanks to Miles who spent the majority of his day...
20/09/2022

Wonderful to welcome back these old friends to St Matthew’s today. Big thanks to Miles who spent the majority of his day making sure the chaps from Taylor’s had everything they needed.

Hi followers, long time no speak! Exciting news. The bells will be coming back to the tower in St. Matthew's on Tuesda...
18/09/2022

Hi followers, long time no speak!

Exciting news.

The bells will be coming back to the tower in St. Matthew's on Tuesday 20th September. Taylors of Loughborough will be returning and fitting the bells during the week, so please be aware that you may hear some test runs of the bells ringing. The official celebration will take place on Sunday 2nd October, details to follow.

2022 will be the year of the bells.
21/12/2021

2022 will be the year of the bells.

14/11/2021

Butterleigh Village Hall Xmas Fair.

Saturday Nov 27th 10.30-12.30.

Join us for a coffee, mulled wine, mince pies and have a look at the stalls and games - for both children & adults plus a raffle to win a Turkey and a Christmas Hamper.

30/10/2021

Thought I'd share this as an interesting use of bells.

There will be a final opportunity to buy raffle tickets for our wonderful Christmas Hamper on Wednesday morning at the v...
19/10/2021

There will be a final opportunity to buy raffle tickets for our wonderful Christmas Hamper on Wednesday morning at the village coffee get together in the village hall.

18/10/2021

Hello everyone,

Thank you so much to all of you who helped to make the Butterleigh Bells’ Silent Auction a great success. The village hall was buzzing on Saturday afternoon and it was wonderful to see so many people turn out to place their final bids. We have now contacted all the winners by email from the [email protected] account. Please can we urge anyone who submitted a bid to check their spam/junk mail as we know that some of the emails are going into these folders.

We will confirm our grand total in due course when we are sure that all the winners have been contacted.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please direct them to the email address above.

Best wishes and have a great week everyone!
The Butterleigh Bells’ Team.

What a turn out this afternoon! We promise we’ll be in touch soon with our grand total. I’m sure you’ll all be keen to k...
16/10/2021

What a turn out this afternoon! We promise we’ll be in touch soon with our grand total. I’m sure you’ll all be keen to know if your bid was successful. Please bear with us whilst we process all the information, we’ll let you know once we have emailed the winners.

What beautiful day for bidding! See you here; 3-5pm!
16/10/2021

What beautiful day for bidding! See you here; 3-5pm!

A beautiful day for bidding! See you between 3 and 5pm in the village hall, Butterleigh!
16/10/2021

A beautiful day for bidding! See you between 3 and 5pm in the village hall, Butterleigh!

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St. Matthew's Church, Butterleigh
Tiverton
EX151QG

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