This historic town bell was first cast by Paul Revere in 1801, and recast in 1896. The bell had fallen out of regular use around 1975, when the last town sexton (paid to ring it) retired. In the 1990s, when the town attempted to sound the bell for a ceremonial occasion, it was found that the clapper mechanism was broken. CPA funds appropriated by Plymouth Town Meeting in 2005 allowed repair of the mechanism, as well as of the access route to the bell. The town also received a perpetual easement to the church bell tower in exchange for the CPA funds appropriated, so as to be able to access it as desired for town use.