Bells

NW Tower Bells

October 8, 2011

Overview

The North West tower of York Minster contains 6 bells used to play the quarter chimes (15,30,45 and on the hour) between 8am and 8pm each day.

In addition, it also contains ‘Great Peter’, used to chime the hour, and manually swung immediately prior to the 10am Sunday Service.

The Queen Mother clock bells

Each bell was cast by Taylor’s of Loughborough, details as follows:

Bell	Date	Weight	Note
*Quarter Bells*
Treble	2000	13-1-23 (679kg)	G
	Inscription: “TO CELEBREATE THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER. CAST IN THE CENTENARY YEAR OF HER BIRTH 2000 A.D. GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF YORK.”
2^nd	2000	17-3-07 (905kg)	F
	Inscription: “TO CELEBREATE THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER. CAST IN THE CENTENARY YEAR OF HER BIRTH 2000 A.D. GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF NORTH YORKSHIRE.”
3^rd	2000	25-1-18 (1291kg)	Eb
	Inscription: “TO CELEBREATE THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER. CAST IN THE CENTENARY YEAR OF HER BIRTH 2000 A.D. GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE.”
4^th	2000	30-0-03 (1525kg)	D
	Inscription: “TO CELEBREATE THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER. CAST IN THE CENTENARY YEAR OF HER BIRTH 2000 A.D. GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF WEST YORKSHIRE.”
5^th	2000	41-1-12 (2101kg)	C
	Inscription: “TO CELEBREATE THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER. CAST IN THE CENTENARY YEAR OF HER BIRTH 2000 A.D. GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.”
6^th	2000	60-1-17 (3069kg)	Bb
	Inscription: “TO CELEBREATE THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER. CAST IN THE CENTENARY YEAR OF HER BIRTH 2000 A.D. GIVEN BY THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF YORK MINSTER, THE FRIENDS OF YORK MINSTER AND THE YORK MINSTER FUND.”
*Hour Bell*
Great Peter	1927	216-2-22 (11,009kg)
	Inscription: “SANCTI PETRI APOSTOLI CAMPANA MAGNA VOCOR ITERVM FVSA A.D. MCMXXVII”. (I AM CALLED THE GREAT BELL OF SAINT PETER THE APOSTLE; RECAST 1927).