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St James the Great
Saturday, 13 January 2024 (8–2–24)
840 Plain Bob Doubles
(7 exts)
1 George A Dawson
2 Robert H Harvey
3 David W Bee
4 Paul Sharp
5 Christopher C P Woodcock (C)
A pleasant day visiting five bell towers around Rutland. Quarter peal attempt called round. This was followed by a leisurely pub lunch and afternoon ringing at Hambleton & Market Overton.
Rung at the Prebendal Church of St James-the-Great, Gretton, Northants, a former Royal Manor in the then Diocese of Lincoln, being one of the fifty-three Prebendaries of Lincoln Cathedral. The ancient Church of St Mary-le-Wigford in Lincoln belongs to the Prebend of Gretton, the conductor being the current Church Warden at St Mary-le-Wigford. Between 1100 & 1107 King Henry I gave St Mary-le-Wigford Church to Bishop Robert Bloet - Bishop of Lincoln, and later in 1163 St Mary-le-Wigford become part of the Gretton Prebend which had been confirmed in 1146.
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The Gretton Prebendal Stall in St Hugh's Choir at Lincoln Cathedral. (Image: CCPW)
St James-the-Great Church, Gretton, Northamptonshire, with its fine tower. (Image: CCPW)
The Parish & Civic Church of St Mary-le-Wigford in Lincoln, with its ancient tower. (Image: CCPW)