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St Nicholas Church WWI Bells, Hornsea
Town or City: Hornsea
County: East Yorkshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM8770
Value of grant: £8530.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: WMT Grant Scheme
Year: 2016
UKNIWM reference number: 70529
St Nicholas Church WWI Bells, Hornsea war memorial is located at St Nicholas Church, Newbegin, Hornsea. This memorial is a peal of eight bells rung with a clavier (keyboard) with chimes for the clock. The inscription on a stone plaque within the church tower commemorates those who died in World War I. The memorial is part of the Grade I listed church and within the Hornsea Town Conservation Area.
In 2016 a grant of £8,530 was awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards repair of the bell frame, wires, transmission bars, clappers and clavier.
Five new bells and three old bells were recast at a cost of £800 in 1919. The bells were rededicated by the Right Reverend Francis Gurdon, Suffragen Bishop of Hull on 8th December 1919. Further funding of £250 was raised later for the mechanism and clock faces to be installed in 1921. The bells were provided by John Taylor & Co bell founders.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM8770
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 70529
War Memorials Online: WMO188610
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
