The spirits of two bell ringers have taken up residence in the old bell tower of Illogan Church and have been ringing the bells non stop, and driving the vicar and the nearby locals mad.
Help the vicar cast them out by correctly answering puzzles and riddles, and uncover the ancient treasure to stop them from returning.
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The earliest reliable reference to a church in Illogan, dated 1235, refers to the Ecclesia of Eglossalau. All that remains today of the church on that site is the tower, some monuments and a few stones. The building lay roughly in a North East – South West alignment and almost filled the original tiny churchyard which lay around it in a rough oval. As was common with many other Cornish churches, it would seem that the church was either extensively restored or entirely rebuilt about 1500
The walls of the church were regularly whitewashed. The oak pews all had doors to keep out the draught; some had richly carved bench ends. There was an oak Communion Table, over which were the slate tablets of the Ten Commandments – now to be seen in the Parish Church.
By 1844 the old church building had became too small and dilapidated to serve a vastly increasing mining population, so the decision was taken to replace it.
The new church of St Illogan was built at a cost of £2875 and came into use on 4th November 1846. However, almost two years passed before the Bishop of Exeter turned up to consecrate the building – no wonder Cornwall was soon to have its own diocese.
The Bell Tower is all that remains of the old church building. Everything else was demolished just before the new building opened in 1846. The tower would have gone the same way, but Trinity House refused to allow its removal as it provided a useful landmark for shipping. So instead, plans for the new church included provision for the tower to be reconstructed at the West end of the new building, but the work was never carried out (for the want of £300, so the story goes).
The bell ringing mechanism has recently been replaced by an automatic system that chimes the bells. The sound is very similar to conventionally rung bells, but the stresses are greatly reduced, extending the life of the bell frames and reducing maintenance costs on the old tower.
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