The church was opened in 1794 and its fine tower  was designed to hold a ring of ten bells. However only  four bells were purchased, all cast by John Rudhall of Gloucester, two in 1792 and the 6th and tenor bells of the proposed ring in 1795. At the time the church was declared redundant in 1993 only the two 1795 bells were  hung; the 1792 bells resting on the frame. Interestingly only one of the 1792 bells would have been suitable as part of the ring of ten bells, the other bell being too small, too light and the wrong note!

The three lighter bells were removed from the church after it was made redundant leaving the 26 cwt tenor as the clock bell.
One of the 1795 bells is to become the tenor of the new ring of 8 bells at Sydney, St James. The two 1792 bells are now installed for ringing in other churches:-

The ring of six bells had been unringable from the 1950's until the completion of an ambitious restoration program in 1994 to replace the rotten bell-frame and augment to eight bells. The heavier of the two ex-St Paul's bells is now the 2nd of the ring.
Surviving church records tell of local ringers being paid 5 shillings for beer, for ringing on November 5^th each year in memory of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. This tradition was kept up until 1878.