St Leonard’s Church has a ring of 8 bells cast by John Warner & Son in 1893 and installed in the tower the same year. Some modifications of the tower were needed to allow the bells and clock to be fitted.

The bells are in the key of G Major and hang in a wooden frame at the top of the tower.

In 2016 the entire installation was overhauled, and the bells tuned by John Taylor & Co. Bell Foundry of Loughborough. The bells were fitted with new metal headstocks mounted on double row self-aligning ball bearings. New clappers and pulleys were fitted along with refurbished wheels. The bell frame is in very good condition and will continue to provide good service for many years to come.

Technical Specification of the Bells

Bell 1
Weight: 5-3-23
Nominal: 1546.0
Note: G
Diameter: 27.50"

Bell 2
Weight: 5-3-6
Nominal: 1459.0
Note: F#
Diameter: 28.63"

Bell 3
Weight: 5-3-0
Nominal: 1300.0
Note: E
Diameter: 29.38"

Bell 4
Weight: 5-3-11
Nominal: 1158.2
Note: D
Diameter: 30.88"

Bell 5
Weight: 6-1-26
Nominal: 1031.8
Note: C
Diameter: 33.13"

Bell 6
Weight: 7-2-19
Nominal: 973.9
Note: B
Diameter: 34.88"

Bell 7
Weight: 8-0-21
Nominal: 867.7
Note: A
Diameter: 37.00"

Bell 8
Weight: 11-2-5
Nominal: 773.0
Note: G
Diameter: 41.13"

The bells weights are given in hundredweights, quarters and pounds.

The bells all have the founders name cast around the shoulder but no other marks except for the Tenor. The Tenor bell has a full inscription on its waist which is:

TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF GOD AND FOR THE CONTINUAL JOY AND COMFORT OF THE PEOPLE OF WORTLEY, FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF S. LEONARD, THESE BELLS, BEING THE GIFT OF MARY CAROLINE, MARCHIONESS OF DROGHEDA, DAUGHTER OF JOHN, SECOND LORD WHARNCLIFFE, IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND HENRY, THIRD MARQUIS OF DROGHEDA, WHO DIED JUNE XXIX, MDCCCXCII, WERE DEDICATED BY THE MOST REV W. D. MACLAGAN, D.D., LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, JULY XXXI, M.D.CCCXCIII.

O PRAISE GOD IN HIS HOLINESS PRAISE HIM UPON THE WELL-TUNED CYMBALS LET EVERY THING THAT HATH BREATH PRAISE THE LORD O, YE SPIRITS AND SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS BLESS YE THE LORD; PRAISE HIM AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER.

The ropes pass through an intermediate clock room to the ringing room.