As part of the restoration project a series of workshops were run to investigate the history associated with our bells and the church. These of some of our findings-

An Introduction to St Nicholas Church and it’s Bells by Julian Hunt

History of the Little Horwood Bells

History of the Chandler Family by Nicola Ellison

Bells Made by Chandlers by Doug Hird

Potential Funders of the Bells in the 1670’s by Julian Hunt

How bells are made and tuned by Doug Hird

Little Horwood Bellframe by Chris Pickford

The 1934 Bell Restoration Newspaper Reports

The People behind the Names Inscribed on our Bells

And we also learned….

Bell Note Analysis by Doug Hird

George Gee by Terry Smith

Michael Dewar and his contribution to the East Window by Terry Smith

Judith Close-Smith by Terry Smith

Life of Bernard Hosking by Sheila Goodger

Sarah Hurst’s Christmas at St. Nicholas Church 1818