The eight bells of the church on the island of Lundy

have been silent for a number of years, having become unsafe through the deterioration of fittings and the tower.

On the arrival of a bell-hanger to rehang the re-cast bells of Appledore Parish Church, the opportunity was taken to let him inspect and report on the island’s church tower and bells. The tenor bell on Lundy weighs 15½cwt compared with the 10¼cwt of the tenor bell at Appledore.

The bell-hanger, Mr J Walker, visited the island on Saturday in the Lundy Gannet whose passengers also included the co-owner of Lundy, Mr Albion Harman.

A report will in due course be received at Appledore from the bell-founders.

Gazette article dated 26 October 1962