| Place | York S Lawrence Shown in county lists as York, S Lawrence |
| Unitary authority | City of York |
| Lieutenancy area | North Yorkshire |
| Country | England |
| Historic subdivision | East Riding |
| Historic county | Yorkshire |
| Dove tower ID | 16125 |
| Rings | 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 7–3–24 in ASee below 1 (display bells)See below Other bellsSee below |
| Frames | 3See below |
| Grid reference | SE611512 |
| Latitude & longitude | 53.95386, -1.06908View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers |
| Satnav lat & long | No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details |
| Postcode | YO10 3BN |
| Diocese | York |
| Church group | Church of England |
| Listed grade | II by Historic England |
| Church heritage record | 14896 |
| Affiliation | Yorkshire Association |
| Performances | Search for performances on BellBoardCustomise |
| Peal boards | No peal boards have been uploaded to BellBoard yet The Central Council is collecting photographs of all peal boards, and curating and uploading them to BellBoard. This includes material from earlier systems found here. |
| Biographies | View the biographies of ringers at this tower on the Central Council Ringing History Hub |
| Bells | 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details |
| Tenor | 7–3–24 (892 lb or 405 kg) in A (868.0 Hz) |
| Practices | Mon |
| Peals | View 290 peals in the Felstead Database |
| Bell | Weight | Frequency | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2–1–4 | 1741.0 | A | 21.50″ | 1999 | John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd | F | N | FC | ||
| 2 | 2–2–2 | 1641.0 | G♯ | 22.00″ | 1999 | John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd | F | N | FC | ||
| 3 | 2–1–15 | 1468.0 | F♯ | 22.50″ | 1947 | John Taylor & Co | F | N | FC | ||
| 4 | 2–3–16 | 1307.0 | E | 24.50″ | 1947 | John Taylor & Co | F | N | FC | ||
| 5 | 3–0–2 | 1164.0 | D | 26.00″ | 1999 | John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd | F | N | FC | ||
| 6 | 3–3–20 | 1098.0 | C♯ | 27.50″ | 1988 | John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd | F | N | FC | ||
| 7 | 5–3–21 | 976.0 | B | 31.50″ | 1947 | John Taylor & Co | F | N | FC | ||
| 8 | 7–3–24 | 868.0 | A | 35.00″ | 1947 | John Taylor & Co | F | N | FC |
| Bells | 1 (display bells)Edit details |
| Projects & overhauls | 2019 Transferred from St Paul's Bookshop to St Lawrence's. |
| Bell | Weight | Frequency | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 [1] | <7–0–25 | 983.0 | B | 34.31″ | c1440† | William Chamberlain | R | D |
| Bells | Edit details |
| Bell | Weight | Frequency | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4 cwt | 26.38″ | 1893 | John Warner & Sons | Y | N | |||||
| Disused [2] | 1¼ cwt | 2027.5 | B | 18.25″ | 1739 | Edward II Seller | Y | N | S |
| Frame | Bells | Year | Material | Maker | Truss | Layout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Clock | |||||||
| 2 | Disused | 2007 | ||||||
| 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 of 8 | 1999 | Steel | Graham Blackburn | 8.1.B.a | 8.3 |
[1]Display bell history
The bell was the former 4th of a ring of six in the demolished church of Holy Trinity (alias Christ Church), King’s Square. It was transferred to York Minster for storage in 1937 along with the other 6 bells on demolition of the church. The bells were transferred to Loughborough in 1940 when the back 2 were tuned and weighed by Taylors in 1940. The weight of this bell as received was 7-1-12 and when dispatched was 7-0-25. This is an anomaly as the Taylor records suggest this bell wasn’t tuned, so either it was in fact tuned, or the second weighing took place after canons were removed. Two trebles were cast to add to the ring of 6 for St Barnabas, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, but this project never materialised. The ring was dispersed in 1972. The bell was then intended for the new church of St John, Brandsholme, Sutton, Hull at which point the canons were removed from the bell. The bell never went here and instead went to the Roman Catholic Carmelite Order at Hazlewood Castle. When the Order sold Hazlewood Castle in October 1996, the bell became the property of The Trustees of The York Bell Fund to be used as part of a possible future scheme in York. In 2016 the bell was put on display at St Paul’s Bookshop and in 2019 moved to a position under the tower inside the church at St Lawrence church in York, hung just high enough to allow it to be chimed with a small hammer. [ex inf The Bells of York
, David J Bryant, and further investigation]
Published: 30/05/2023; updated: 29/06/2025
[2]Disused bell location
Disused bell is hung in a small frame on the wall of the ringing room.
Published: 30/01/2024; updated: 29/06/2025
| 30/01/2024 | Display bell from Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, was moved to St Lawrence's in 2019 |
| 17/09/2021 | Disused: nominal, note added [Recorded by Andrew Aspland and analysed by Nick Bowden] |
| 14/07/2020 | 1-8,Clock,Disused: turning added [[James Hedgcock] via e-mail] |
| 09/07/2020 | URL removed: stlawrenceparishchurch.org.uk/?page_id=81 [gives error 404 not found: TimJ(#291) / Xenu check via URLbad] |
| 07/02/2020 | URL replaced: stlawrenceparishchurch.org.uk/bellringing/ [- not working TimJ (#264) via URLbad] |