{"id":154,"date":"2020-01-02T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T12:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:18:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:18:58","slug":"features-of-st-oswalds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/features-of-st-oswalds\/","title":{"rendered":"Features of St Oswald&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"page-links\">\n<li><a href=\"#font\">The Font<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#south-door\">The Entrance Porch (South Door)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#metcalfe-chapel\">Metcalfe Chapel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#winn-memorial\">The Winn Memorial Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#organ\">The Organ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#bells\">The Bells<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#clock\">The Clock<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"font\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Font<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Rather surprisingly and usually, the church has two stone fonts \u2013 a more modern one close to the main entrance (south door) of the church and the much older font close to what was once the Chantry Chapel of St Anne but now houses the organ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-834 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/font-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/font-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/font-768x862.jpg 768w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/font.jpg 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The older font is of simple design and solid strength and its exact date is not known but possibly dates from before the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 Notes in the church suggest that this font was removed from the church in 1775 when it was sold by the church warden William Thompson for 3\/- to James Lightfoot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">An entry in Lightfoot\u2019s personal account book says<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2018<em>It (the font) stands as a curiosity in my yard and I wish it to remain there as a monument of antiquity\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">And there it did stay for a good number of years!\u00a0 The font was returned in the 1930s and mounted on a millstone and placed in its current position.\u00a0 This is the font that we usually use for our baptisms today.\u00a0 If you look cl<em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-835 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/font2-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/font2-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/font2.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/em>osely, you will see that the font still bears the marks to show it once had a lockable lid.\u00a0 In the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century, all fonts were required to be locked to prevent the Holy Water being stolen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The newer font, with the decorated stonework and wooden lid, was acquired in the 1850s during the Victorian improvements to the church.\u00a0 It was given to the church by John Holmes in 1854.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Close to the new font is an interesting stone, now used as an umbrella stand, but it&#8217;s original purpose has been lost to the mists of time.\u00a0 It has been suggested it was a chimneypot!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"south-door\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><a href=\"#page-links\">Back to top\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Entrance Porch (South Door)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-209 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/akrigg-porch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/akrigg-porch.jpg 1560w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/akrigg-porch-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/akrigg-porch-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The entrance porch and panelling are a memorial to the late Bishop of Birmingham, Leonard Wilson, who retired to the parish in 1969.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The work in oak is by the craftsman Claude Townsend of Follifoot near Harrogate and consist of two glazed panel doors and a single glazed panel door.\u00a0 In winter months, the outer doors can be opened, and visitors can enter through the single glazed door, which allows entry without letting the wind and weather in.\u00a0 During the summer months, the double doors are often opened to allow easy access, but also let the warmth in!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#page-links\">Back to top\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"metcalfe-chapel\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Metcalfe Chapel<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">At the east end of the south aisle, where the organ now stands, is the Chantry of St Anne, often referred to as the Metcalfe Chapel.\u00a0 It was founded by James Metcalfe of Nappa Hall in 1467 so that \u2018<em>masses might be said for his soul, and for the souls of his mother and father, for his sons and daughters and their posterity, for Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, for King Edward IV and his consort, Elizabeth, for his benefactors and for the souls of all the faithful departed\u2019.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">James set apart land in several locations in the Dale to support the chantry chapel.\u00a0 During the next 80 years, Askrigg had both a priest and a chantry chaplain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Metcalfe family rose to prominence around the same time.\u00a0 James was the son of John and Alice Metcalfe and he lived in Worton.\u00a0 He was a captain during the wars with the French and fought at Agincourt in 1415.\u00a0 In recognition of his service, Sir Richard le Scrope gave James the Nappa lands.\u00a0 James married Gelsome of Ireby Hall and together they built Nappa Hall in 1459.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-838 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Nappa-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Nappa-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Nappa.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">James and his wife were buried in their chantry chapel, along with many of their descendants, who continued to live at Nappa for the following 2 centuries.\u00a0 James\u2019 children included Thomas, chancellor for the Duchy of Lancashire and Miles, the Recorder for York.\u00a0 Thomas (1427-1504) married Elizabeth Hartington and one of their sons, James (1460-1539) was knighted.\u00a0 James married Lady Margaret Piggot and their children all made very advantageous marriages cementing their position in medieval society.\u00a0 Sir Christopher (1513-1574) married Lady Elizabeth Clifford of Skipton Castle; his sister Margaret married Lord Biddick, Ann married Richard Hebborne and his brother Edmund, a Cambridge graduate, married Ann Clifton.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Sir Christopher\u2019s life was not plain sailing.\u00a0 The Scrope family opposed his appointment to the office of Master Forrester and then challenged the Metcalfe\u2019s legal title to Nappa.\u00a0 The latter was of greater concern and Christopher ceded other estates in order to keep Nappa.\u00a0 When the chantries were dissolved, their endowments were kept by Edward VI, but Christopher managed to keep some by deception. Although Christopher was the High Sheriff, he left little but Nappa to his son, Sir James.\u00a0 James married Joane Savile but was barely 30 when he died leaving just two children, Thomas and Elizabeth.\u00a0 Thomas inherited Nappa but was a disastrous custodian and blundered from one disaster to another, resulting in his properties being mortgaged.\u00a0 He resorted to using bribery and threats which landed him in the courts on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Raydale Riot in 1617 was a serious brawl near Semer Water, which occurred when William Robinson claimed Raydale House, a Metcalfe property.\u00a0 James arrived with a company of men surrounding it, forcing Mrs Robinson to flee the house barefoot.\u00a0 William arrived with a band of men from York and in the ensuing alteration a man was shot dead.\u00a0 Sir Thomas narrowly avoided imprisonment and had to surrender an<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-839 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/IMG_0994-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/IMG_0994-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/IMG_0994-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/IMG_0994-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/IMG_0994-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/IMG_0994-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>other estate.\u00a0 It was his wife Elizabeth\u2019s relatives that came to his aid and the Slingsby\u2019s bailed him out.\u00a0 He died at Nappa in 1655, having equally disastrously backed the king in the civil war with their son, Scrope, dying of wounds sustained in a skirmish near Oxford in 1645.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Both Thomas and Elizabeth were buried in the Metcalfe chapel, but this was the end of the Metcalfe\u2019s power in the Dale.\u00a0 His grandson, Thomas (1687-1756) was the last Metcalfe to live at Nappa.\u00a0 After then, the house passed to the Robinsons of Newby Hall, through Frances Metcalfe\u2019s descendants, one of Thomas and Elizabeth\u2019s daughters (through her marriage to William Robinson.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Metcalfe\u2019s did move back to Nappa Hall in 1889 as tenants and bought the house in 1930, selling it in 2008.\u00a0 During the latter years, the house was leased to tenants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In 1877, the organ was placed in the \u2018Nappa Chapel\u2019 and in the 1940s the electric blower for the organ was placed on top of the Metcalfe slabs.\u00a0 Very little can be seen of the chantry chapel \u2013 perhaps the only clue is the little piscina in the wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#page-links\">Back to top\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"winn-memorial\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Winn Memorial Windows<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The central stained-glass window on the north aisle wall and the window to the right were presented in memory of Elizabeth and George Winn by their daughter, Margaret Winn.\u00a0\u00a0The windows were commissioned from Heaton, Butler &amp; Bayne of London, one of the leading firms in stained glass of the period, and whose work also has examples in Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-867 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Winn1-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Winn1-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Winn1-600x1024.jpg 600w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Winn1.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Winn family had lived in the parish for generations.\u00a0\u00a0 John Winn (1738-1817) lived at Nappa Hall after the Metcalfe\u2019s left. He married Elizabeth l\u2019Anson, a descendant of Captain John l\u2019Anson who fought with Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth.\u00a0 Their son, George (1774-1842) was born at Nappa and married Betty Metcalfe, the daughter of Richard Metcalfe of Calverts House in Muker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">George and Betty had three sons: Richard Metcalfe Winn (1800-1876) who was a farmer and lived at Nappa Hall.\u00a0 He married Isabel Fothergill and had at least 3 children.\u00a0 Their granddaughter Ella, married Rev Christopher William Wordsworth, the great grandson of the poet William Wordsworth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">John Winn (1799-1873) went to St John\u2019s college Cambridge and became Vicar of St Andrew\u2019s Aysgarth in 1827, remaining there until his death.\u00a0 He never married.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Youngest son, George (1808-1880), born at Nappa and is the George remembered in the stained glass.\u00a0 He studied law and was articled in Penrith to complete his studies.\u00a0 He married Elizabeth Clarkson from West Witton on 1<sup>st<\/sup> June 1837 and practiced as a solicitor in Askrigg.\u00a0 George and Elizabeth built a house in Askrigg\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-869 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/GWinn-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/GWinn-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/GWinn-831x1024.jpg 831w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/GWinn-768x946.jpg 768w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/GWinn.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/>which they called Winnville, which still dominates the main street today as the White Rose Hotel.\u00a0 They were very active in the village, and the church, with George being one of the Askrigg \u2018Four Men\u2019 for many years, then being succeeded by his son.\u00a0 They were also church wardens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The couple had 8 children \u2013 George (1839-1876) became a solicitor like his father but was tragically killed when he crossed a ford on the way home from a to visit his fianc\u00e9e.\u00a0 Further information is available on George by the East Window, which is a commemoration for George.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">James Clarkson Winn (1844-1924) became a farmer in West Burton and was also a Justice of the Peace.\u00a0 His descendants still live in West Burton.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-868 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Winn2-160x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Winn2-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Winn2-547x1024.jpg 547w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Winn2.jpg 727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">William Edmund Metcalfe Winn (1846-1924) also became a solicitor and lived in Winnville with his wife, Rose Wiggins.\u00a0 They had a large family, including 5 boys, 2 of whom became engineers, with one fighting in the Boer war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">John (1847-1886) suffered from mental health problems in his late teens and was transferred to the Royal Lunatic Asylum in Dundee in the mid-1860s.\u00a0 He remained there until his death in 1886.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Elizabeth (1842-1908) and Margaret (1849-1922) never married.\u00a0 They lived with their mother until her death \u2013 taking extended holidays on the South Coast.\u00a0 Elizabeth lived in Scarborough at the end of her life, in a villa she called \u2018Wensleydale\u2019.\u00a0 It was Margaret who paid for the memorial windows to her parents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Their sister, Jane (1851-) married ship owner John Bruce Murray when she was 35 at St Martin\u2019s in the Fields in Trafalgar Square London and had two children.\u00a0 The family moved to Scotland in the late 1880s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Youngest child, Clarkson Winn was born in 1856, but died later that year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For more information on the content and religious significance of the window, please see &#8216;the resurrection windows&#8217; from the features tab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"#page-links\">Back to top\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"organ\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Organ<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-188 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/askrigg-organ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/askrigg-organ.jpg 3120w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/askrigg-organ-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/askrigg-organ-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Before the 1853 Victorian \u201cimprovements\u201d, there were many galleries to provide for the then large population in the parish. Music men, who sat in a gallery under the tower, played a variety of instruments and led the singing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In 1858, a harmonium replaced the musicians and in 1869 an organ was purchased. In 1906 a new organ by Hopkins of York was installed in memory of Christopher Whaley, vicar from 1869 to 1905.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The organ is still used on a regular basis during our Sunday services<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"bells\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"#page-links\">Back to top\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Bells<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">There is no evidence of any bells in the tower prior to the mid-17<sup>th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 The current bells were installed in the tower in two phases.\u00a0 The original 3 bells were cast in 1657 and likely installed shortly thereafter.\u00a0 These three bells are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The \u2018small bell<\/strong>\u2019 which has incised on it \u2018<em>Jesus be our spede 1657\u2019<\/em> which weighs 7cwt and rings the note B;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The \u2018middle bell\u2019<\/strong> which has \u2018<em>God save His church 1657\u2019<\/em> incised on it which weights 8cwt and rings A;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The tenor bell<\/strong>, which has \u2018<em>All ye that hear my mournful sound repent before you lye in the ground 1657\u2019. <\/em>It weighs 10cwt and rings G.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In 1831, a proposal was made to increase the number of bells, but this was defeated at a church meeting, and it was not until 1897 that the above bells were recast, and three new ones purchased.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Each of the existing bells has \u2018recast 1897\u2019 on them and the tenor bell has an added inscription which says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Cast by John Warner &amp; Sons Ltd, London 1897 &#8211;\u00a0<\/em><em>Thomas Mallaby &amp; Sons, Church Bell Hanger, Masham<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-852 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells1-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells1-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells1-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells1.jpg 1359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The three new bells are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The treble bell,<\/strong> which has the inscription \u2018<em>in memory of Thomas &amp; Jane Lodge. This bell was dedicated by their sons and daughters 1897\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 It weighs 4cwt and rings E;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The second bell<\/strong>, which has the inscription \u2018<em>in memory of George &amp; Elizabeth Winn. This bell was erected by their son James C Winn 1897\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 It weighs 5cwt and rings D;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The third bel<\/strong>l, which has the inscription \u2018<em>this peal of bells was recast in Queen Victoria\u2019s Diamond Jubilee 1897. C Whaley, Vicar; WEM Winn, E Chapman, G Bell, Churchwardens\u2019.\u00a0 <\/em>It weighs 6cwt and rings C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">All bells are inscribed with \u2018to the glory of God\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-853 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells2-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells2-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells2-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Bells2.jpg 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">When the bells were hung by Thomas Mallaby, they were hung in an oak frame and in such a way that they all swung in the same direction which resulted in an uneven distribution of stress on the walls of the tower when ringing.\u00a0 By 1990 it was recognised that work needed to be done to remedy this and to replace the lead on the roof with stainless steel to match the rest of the church.\u00a0 The \u00a335,000 needed was raised from donations and the work was carried out between January and April 1992.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The bells and the old frame were taken down along with the clock room floor and gradually the new frame was installed, together with new louvres on the windows and floor to the clock chamber.\u00a0 The bells were then rehung in a different way to reduce the stress on the walls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The bells are rung on a regular basis by a group of dedicated bellringers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#page-links\">Back to top\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"clock\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Clock<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-859 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Clock-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Clock-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Clock-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Clock-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-oswalds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Clock.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We cannot be certain when the first clock was fixed in the church tower.\u00a0 However, church records state that in 1749 that the clock was \u2018so very old\u2019 and in such a bad state of repair that the church wanted to raise money for a new one.\u00a0 It has been suggested that the original clock may have been installed at the same time as the original bells. \u00a0\u00a0It should be remembered that Askrigg in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century was renown as a centre for clock making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Many of the prominent locals &#8211; Thomas Metcalfe, Simon Pratt, Margaret Lightfoot, George Metcalfe, Jeffrey Wood and George Calvert, together with clockmaker\u2019s wife Mary Pratt of Camshouses were among the largest contributors.\u00a0 The \u2019new\u2019 clock cost \u00a318 16s and remained in place for just over 100 years, until a replacement was made in 1854 and that in turn was replaced with the current clock in 1902, when assistance from a Leeds company was required as no clockmaker remained in Askrigg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The clock chimes the hour and can be heard at quite a distance.\u00a0 It is maintained by Cumbria Clocks, who also maintain and repair Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"#page-links\">Back to top\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Font The Entrance Porch (South Door) Metcalfe Chapel The Winn Memorial Windows The Organ The Bells The Clock &nbsp; 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