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:

Web development - Oct 2019

The addition of the official Google API Key for the maps on the tower page should allow this to work again.

Some tidying up of formats and loose ends should help with the appearance of tables.

Archive copies of In Touch have now all been scanned and converted to pdf format so they can all be accessed via the Newsletters tab.

This has made an opportunity to show the branch's entry in the ODG Annual Report.
TowerDedicationBellsmp3
CalvertonAll Saints6
 
Peals61
Quarters95
Members0

Fastest peal

TimeDate
2h, 23mMay 10, 1995
2h, 30mJanuary 13, 1914

Longest peal(s)

Branch events here:

DateEventNotes
February 6, 2015Call Changes & Plain Hunt 
March 7, 2014Call Changes & Plain Hunt 
July 20, 2013Branch Change Ringing Practice 
March 1, 2013Rounds and Call Change Practice 
August 22, 2009Branch Practice 
June 3, 2006Saturday Meeting 
April 16, 2004Branch Practice 
January 18, 2002Branch PracticeLittle Bob Minor
August 18, 2000Branch PracticeSpecial Method: Stedman Doubles
The previous church at Calverton
DescriptionThe previous church at Calverton
Approx Date1800
Full report 
1234

Who has circled the tower to peals:

Who has rung the most peals here:

RingerPealsMost Recent
Walter W Bonham24April 26, 1923
Herbert C Edwards23January 24, 1964
Thomas C Tompkins20May 14, 1932
Cecil A Valentine19October 2, 1920
Edwin A Yates14April 26, 1923
Albert J Green12November 19, 1927
Andrew Haseldine11September 29, 2019
James H Tompkins9November 5, 1919
Ernest C Lambert9May 14, 1932
Ruth Stokes9September 29, 2019
123
 Documented NoteDocumented Note SourceRecorded NoteWeightDiameterCast by
0    - - 25¼Alfred Bowell in 1905
Sanctus    - - 11⅜Unknown in 1790
1    - - 24⅜Wesley in 2019
2    - - 25⅜Wesley in 2019
3    - - 26¾Wesley in 2019
4    - - 28 7/8Taylor Oxford in 1822
5    - - 30Taylor Oxford in 1822
6    - - 33⅜Taylor Oxford in 1822
7    - - 35Taylor Oxford in 1822
8    - - 38⅜Taylor Oxford in 1822
The figures 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.
BellTuning
1300
2381
3386
4292
5299
6392

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