Lambourn Church has a ring of eight bells which are among the finest in West Berkshire. The first mention of them is to be found in an inventory of 1552 which refers to ‘IV bell, one lytle bell callid a Sanctus bells’. In the 17th century there are several references to money being spent on the bells, including the considerable expense of recasting the tenor bell. Over the centuries Lambourn bells have rung out to celebrate many events and they are now in good working order thanks to restoration work. The church records mention ‘1694 Pd to Mr. Greenebury, for tolling ye Great Bell when ye late Queen Mary (of ever blessed memory) was berryed, 1s 6d’ and again in 1706 “Ye Ringers and ye Drums upon taking Ostend, 12s Od’ which was one of  the victories of the Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession, (1701-1713). Even the two most modern bells in the Lambourn peal were cast as long as 1804 in time for the celebration of the victory of Trafalgar in 1805. 

The bells were overhauled and rehung on ball bearings by Gillett and Johnston of Croydon in 1950 and again dismantled, renovated, tunes and rehung by Mears & Stainbank of Whitechapel, London, in 1968. In more recent years, the bells were overhauled in 2021 by Nicholson Engineering Ltd, which included refurbishment and welding of cracked bells.

Details of the bells can be found on the Bells page.