The return of Wolsey’s great tenor bell, 23 January 1934
On 23 January 1934, Sherborne Abbey’s great tenor bell arrived back in Sherborne from London, where it had been recast by Mears & Stainbank at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Traditionally, the tenor bell was known as Wolsey’s great bell because it was believed that Cardinal Thomas Wolsey had had the bell made in Tournai and … Read more