THE bells of St Peter’s Church in Milton Lilbourne rang out on Sunday following a rededication service.
For more than four months the bells had been silent while they were retuned and refurbished at Taylor’s Bell Foundry in Loughborough.
The Archdeacon of Wiltshire, the Venerable Sue Groom, led the service blessing the bells and then symbolically handed over a bell rope to the tower captain Chris Wardell.
The church was full for the ceremony with representatives from some of those who gave grants towards the restoration. They included the Pewsey Area Board; the Ironmongers’ Company; the Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust; Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund, and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Anne Wardell said: "After the service, the ringers rang the bells to accompany the congregation as they left the church and walked down to Lower Farm House, where Canon Gerald Osborne and his wife Emma kindly hosted a drinks reception."
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