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Steeple Claydon, St Michael

Photos:

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View from the churchyard
2014

13 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 27 changes per minute, on 17 April 1933

Fastest peal: 30 changes per minute, on 26 April 1930

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Victor G Phillips3
John Hodges3
George W Holland3
Victor G Cooke2
William A Yates2
Thomas Haynes2
F Thorpe1
Terry J Streeter1
Jackie Edwards1
Fred Sear1

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1553 to 15911592 to 16191620 to 17361737 to 17531754 to 18171818 to 19281931 to present
      

Mears & Stainbank in 1931

   

Edward Hall in 1737

Edward Hall in 1737

Edward Hall in 1737

Edward Hall in 1737

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1592

Unknown in 1620

Unknown in 1620

Unknown in 1620

Unknown in 1620

Unknown in 1620

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Bartholomew Atton in 1592 recast: 1931

Bartholomew Atton in 1592 recast: 1931

Bartholomew Atton in 1592 recast: 1931

Bartholomew Atton in 1592 recast: 1931

Bartholomew Atton in 1592 recast: 1931

Mears & Stainbank in 1929

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1592

Unknown founder - cast before 1620

Unknown founder - cast before 1737

Edward Hall in 1754

Edward Hall in 1754

Edward Hall in 1754

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1592

Unknown founder - cast before 1620

Unknown founder - cast before 1737

Unknown founder - cast before 1754

Taylor Oxford in 1818

Taylor Oxford in 1818

Bell Frame:

Type 8 3 A h

All metal frames (cast iron)

Lowside Frames

As used (with minor differences - some with and some without the lower "stretcher rail") by

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