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Chicheley, St Laurence

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E Tom Needle
1914

13 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 26 changes per minute, on 2 March 1929

Fastest peal: 31 changes per minute, on 21 August 1965

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Charles W Clarke4
Frederick J Mynard3
William Freeman3
Cecil A Valentine2
Ernest G Mynard2
J Lovell2
Herbert L Harlow2
Frederick W Booth2
Ernest Freeman2
Leonard Turner2

The current bells:

1Estimated weight: 5 - 2 - 24Flat of D#/Eb by 29 cents
2Estimated weight: 6 - 3 - 18Flat of C#/Db by 27 cents
3Estimated weight: 7 - 3 - 8Flat of B by 20 cents
4Estimated weight: 8 - 3 - 13Sharp of A by 20 cents
5Estimated weight: 11 - 0 - 8Flat of G#/Ab by 23 cents
6Recorded weight: 16 - 2 - 0Sharp of F by 18 cents

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1637 to 17171718 to present
 

Abraham Rudhall II in 1718

 

Abraham Rudhall II in 1718

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

Abraham Rudhall II in 1718

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

Abraham Rudhall II in 1718

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

Abraham Rudhall II in 1718

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

Abraham Rudhall II in 1718

Bell Frame:

Type 6 D

Long headed wooden frames without centre posts or scissor braces

Sill, long head, braces from sill to head, and jack braces from braces to head and from sill to braces

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