Harry Sear's band Astwood's bell frame Bletchley's bells in the churchyard Old Bradwell band Calverton's old church Thornborough re-hang Olney's bells Astwood church in the snow Downs Barn installation Newport sub-web
North Bucks Branch Archive Project

Main Branch site:

Branch site

The Branch web site contains up to date information about ringing in North Bucks. Much of the information formerly in this site can now be found there.


Latest on this site:

Corrections to analysis of bell harmonics at Wavendon and Great Linford - June 2022


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Fastest peal

Longest peal(s)

 A vew of the belfry
Photo DescriptionA vew of the belfry
Approx Date1/12/2023
  
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Branch events here:

Peals

Who has circled the tower to peals:

No-one has circled this tower

Who has rung the most peals here:

Bell Frame

Bellframes Type 1 - C
Beam on a ledge or offset in the walls of the tower or belfry, or resting on the sills of the belfry window openings.
 

Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"

The bells now

 Documented NoteDocumented Note SourceRecorded NoteWeightDiameterCast by
1F#WavanalFlat of F#/Gb by 39 cents2 - 1 - 727½Taylor in 1958
2EbWavanalFlat of D#/Eb by 34 cents - - 25⅛Robert Atton in 1626

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.

History of bells in this tower:

From 1625From 1626From 1958
 1 of 2 Robert Atton1 of 2 John Taylor & Co
2 of 2 Robert Atton