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Crimson Dynamo 11-06-2025 05:08 PM

Ding-dong in the village as church bell silenced for first time in 177 years
 
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/...eg?imwidth=500

West Yorkshire church forced to stop chiming bells after noise complaint from 3 residents

A village church has been forced to silence its chiming bells for the first time in nearly 180 years.

St Michael’s in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, was given a notice by the council to silence chiming between 11pm and 7am in April because of a series of complaints submitted by three disgruntled residents.

The clock, which has been a village fixture for 177 years, does the full Westminster chimes with bells that chime on the quarter hour and another that strikes on the hour.

It is not possible to pause the chiming at night until a costly device is fitted, so the bells have fallen silent in order to comply with the Calderdale council order.

Many villagers were appalled by the decision and have set up an online petition to reinstate the bells, which they described as “the soundtrack of our community’s daily life”.

Calderdale council said it had received complaints from three households about the chiming overnight.

Roy Wrathall, who has been a church warden at St Michael’s for nine years, said: “We don’t have the facilities to silence overnight.

“There’s very much two sides to it. There’s ‘I’m awake in the night, there goes the clock that reassures me’ and ‘I can’t get to sleep because I keep hearing that clock every 15 minutes’.

Villagers have set up a Change.org petition to reinstate the bells, which has received 1,296 signatures.

The petition states: “These bells have chimed since 1848, long before any of us were here – a symbol of continuity and community for over a century.

Benjamin 11-06-2025 05:11 PM

Bet those who complained aren’t even from that village originally.

Crimson Dynamo 11-06-2025 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 11657027)
Bet those who complained aren’t even from that village originally.

100%

Beso 11-06-2025 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 11657027)
Bet those who complained aren’t even from that village originally.

Liinekar probably..

The Slim Reaper 11-06-2025 05:39 PM

There's no reason for church bells to be ringing in the middle of the night.

Livia 11-06-2025 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 11657027)
Bet those who complained aren’t even from that village originally.

Yes, bet they're not.

Crimson Dynamo 11-06-2025 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 11657045)
There's no reason for church bells to be ringing in the middle of the night.

its a church clock

Benjamin 11-06-2025 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 11657045)
There's no reason for church bells to be ringing in the middle of the night.

Why? It’s not like it’s a new thing or they are ringing the full night it’s every hour for the time. If it’s people that have moved there they should have done their research better and not moved there.


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