There is a small bell (dated 1780) which is commonly called the
"Ting-tang," and is rung for the last five minutes before each service,
which bears the appropriate inscription:
"Come away,
Make no delay."
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On one of the bells of Burford Church, near Tenbury, is the following
inscription:
"At service-time I sound,
And at the death of men;
To serve your GOD, and well to die,
Remember then."
The inscriptions on the bells of St. Helen's Church, Worcester, are very
singular; the names they bear tell their date: