North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

Tower Details

History and Archive

Clifton Reynes, St Mary the Virgin

Photos:

History and Archive

Clifton church

1999

35 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 26 changes per minute, on 11 April 1931

Fastest peal: 34 changes per minute, on 25 June 1958

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

William Freeman	10
Frederick J Mynard	9
Henry W Gayton	9
Joshua J Partridge	8
Edwin S Mynard	7
Amos Smart	6
William Sharp	5
L William Jacques	5
Sidney Corby	4
Bernard S Fisher	4

The current bells:

1	Estimated weight: 3 - 3 - 15	Exactly F#/Gb
2	Estimated weight: 4 - 3 - 15	Flat of E by 7 cents
3	Estimated weight: 5 - 2 - 4	Sharp of D by 19 cents
4	Estimated weight: 6 - 1 - 21	Sharp of C#/Db by 7 cents
5	Estimated weight: 8 - 1 - 1	Flat of B by 6 cents
6	Recorded weight: 10 - 2 - 14	Sharp of A by 5 cents

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1664 to 1904	1905 to present
	Alfred Bowell in 1905
John Hodson in 1664	John Hodson in 1664
John Hodson in 1664	John Hodson in 1664
John Hodson in 1664	John Hodson in 1664
John Hodson in 1664	John Hodson in 1664
John Hodson in 1664	John Hodson in 1664

Bell Frame:

Type 8 1 C a

All metal frames (Steel and wrought iron)

"X braced" frames

Double "X" braced frame

History and Archive

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