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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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Photo Description | One of the few churches in North Bucks to have a North tower. Sort of semi-detached. |
Approx Date | 1990 |
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Branch events here:
February 21, 2015 | Branch Practice | |
April 16, 2011 | Branch Practice | |
April 21, 2006 | Branch Practice | Special Method: Grandsire Doubles |
November 21, 2003 | Branch Practice | |
December 15, 2000 | Branch Practice | Focus on Rounds and Call Changes |
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Peals
Who has circled the tower to peals:
No-one has circled this tower |
Who has rung the most peals here:
Julie A Haseldine | 1 | October 11, 2012 |
Albert Fleet | 1 | August 30, 1928 |
Andrew Haseldine | 1 | October 11, 2012 |
Brian Watson | 1 | January 13, 1991 |
Charles W Smith | 1 | August 30, 1928 |
Christopher C Stokes | 1 | October 11, 2012 |
Colin M Turner | 1 | January 13, 1991 |
Edmund J Hobbs | 1 | August 30, 1928 |
Eileen Stephenson | 1 | January 13, 1991 |
Horace H Smith | 1 | August 30, 1928 |
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Bell Frame
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Bellframes Type 8.3.C - e |
Cast iron "H" castings mounted on beams and braced at the top |
Taylor of Loughborough 1889-1893 (wooden beams with wooden top bracing), 1893 (fabricated beams), 1894 (cast iron beams), and 1892 to date (girders) Gillett & Johnston of Croydon 1907-1955 James Barwell of Birmingham 1910-1915 Mears & Stainbank (Whitechapel) c1920-1935 James Grove of Birmingham 1923 |
Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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The bells now
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Tuning
The figures and diagram below show the difference, in cents, between each bell and what it should be to be in tune with the tenor.
A positive figure shows that the bell is sharp, a negative figure shows that it is flat. There are 100 cents between notes on the scale.
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History of bells in this tower:
| | | | | 1 of 6 John Taylor & Co |
| | | | 1 of 5 James Barwell | 2 of 6 James Barwell |
1 of 4 Newcombe (generic) | | | | 2 of 5 Newcombe (generic) | 3 of 6 Newcombe (generic) |
| 2 of 4 Anthony Chandler | | | 3 of 5 Anthony Chandler | 4 of 6 Anthony Chandler |
| | 3 of 4 Richard III Chandler | | 4 of 5 Richard III Chandler | 5 of 6 Richard III Chandler |
4 of 4 Newcombe (generic) | | | 4 of 4 Gillett & Co | 5 of 5 Gillett & Co | 6 of 6 Gillett & Co |
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