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Emberton, All Saints

Photos:

History and Archive
Removal of the bells
1901

50 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 23 August 1982

Fastest peal: 35 changes per minute, on 10 October 1922

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Frederick J Mynard32
William Freeman25
John Lovell24
Edwin S Mynard18
Charles W Clarke17
Frederick W Booth15
Ernest G Mynard12
William Sharp9
William Mynard7
Henry W Gayton5

The current bells:

1Estimated weight: 3 - 3 - 5Flat of E by 15 cents
2Estimated weight: 4 - 0 - 13Flat of D by 13 cents
3Estimated weight: 5 - 0 - 4Flat of C by 8 cents
4Estimated weight: 5 - 0 - 19Flat of B by 12 cents
5Estimated weight: 7 - 2 - 15Flat of A by 2 cents
6Recorded weight: 9 - 0 - 18Flat of G by 4 cents

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Who has circled the tower:

Frederick J Mynard
Frederick W Booth

History of the ring:

1400 to 17061707 to 18381839 to 18981899 to 19001901 to present
   

Taylor Loughborough in 1899 recast: 1901

Taylor Loughborough in 1901

  

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

John Rofford in 1390 recast: 1839

John Rofford in 1390 recast: 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Unknown founder - cast before 1400

Unknown in 1707 recast: 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Unknown in 1450 recast: 1839

Unknown in 1450 recast: 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Unknown in 1400 recast: 1839

Unknown in 1400 recast: 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Taylor Oxford in 1839

Bell Frame:

Type 8 3 C e

All metal frames (cast iron)

High sided frames (including "A" and "H" frames)

Cast iron "H" castings mounted on beams and braced at the top

History and Archive

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