North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

Tower Details

History and Archive

Downs Barn, The Cross and Stable

Photos:

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History and Archive

The church under construction

1985

27 Peals:

Longest peal: 5184 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 2 June 2007

Fastest peal: 33 changes per minute, on 23 February 2011

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Alan J Marchbank	12
B Douglas Hird	11
Julie A Haseldine	5
Ruth Stokes	5
Christopher C Stokes	5
Andrew Haseldine	5
Benjamin J Carey	4
Simon Read	4
Nicholas D Brown	3
Raymond A Vickers	3

The current bells:

1	Recorded weight: 1 - 3 - 14	Sharp of C by 3 cents
2	Recorded weight: 2 - 0 - 0	Flat of B by 7 cents
3	Recorded weight: 2 - 1 - 17	Sharp of A by 1 cents
4	Recorded weight: 2 - 2 - 27	Flat of G by 10 cents
5	Recorded weight: 3 - 0 - 8	Flat of F by 2 cents
6	Recorded weight: 3 - 1 - 12	Flat of E by 5 cents
7	Recorded weight: 4 - 2 - 11	Sharp of D by 1 cents
8	Recorded weight: 6 - 0 - 10	Exactly C

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Who has circled the tower:

B Douglas Hird	Peal detailsPeals.. 1: 2014-10-18 2: 1995-01-22 2: 2005-03-05 3: 2012-10-20 4: 2011-05-28 5: 2005-11-19 6: 1995-12-24 6: 2001-03-10 6: 2013-09-07 7: 1997-01-26 8: 2012-06-05
Alan J Marchbank	Peal detailsPeals.. 1: 2005-05-07 1: 2012-06-05 1: 2013-04-20 2: 2012-10-20 3: 2012-06-05 4: 2005-03-05 5: 1995-01-22 5: 2013-09-07 5: 2014-10-18 6: 2010-02-20 7: 2011-05-28 8: 2009-01-24

History of the ring:

1992 to present
Taylor Loughborough in 1992
Taylor Loughborough in 1992
Taylor Loughborough in 1992
Taylor Loughborough in 1992
Taylor Loughborough in 1992
Taylor Loughborough in 1992
Taylor Loughborough in 1992
Taylor Loughborough in 1992

Bell Frame:

Type 8 1 B a

All metal frames (Steel and wrought iron)

"Lowside" frames

"Lowside" frame with braces

History and Archive

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