Music at St. George's
The Choir
The choir of St George's More....
The Bells
Bells have rung in St. George’s Church Pontesbury for over 350 years. The first record, in 1549, is of “three great bells and a Sanctus bell.”
Five of the present ring of six bells were cast in 1681 by Thomas Roberts, a Shrewsbury bell founder. They range in weight from 6cwt, to the tenor, the largest and heaviest, at 13cwt, and are tuned to ring the notes C#, B, A#, G# and F#. These five bells, known to the ringers as numbers 2 to 6, are the only surviving ring of bells cast by Thomas Roberts. More