4 days ago
Church bells in Yorkshire village silenced from chiming overnight
For some residents of Mytholmroyd, the Big Ben-style chimes of the church clock are a reassuring sign that all is well in this West Yorkshire village. For others they are a sleep-ruining annoyance.
The local council has sided with those who have complained about the chiming of the clock throughout the night.
As a result the church of St Michael has been handed a 'statutory nuisance' notice — to the dismay of some who live in the village, who have started a petition to reinstate the bells. They are 'the soundtrack of our community's daily life', the petition stated.
The chimes have had to be disabled altogether until a device can be fitted to silence them between 11pm and 7am, the hours specified in the council's noise abatement order.
