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Fenny Stratford, St Martin

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Coronation Peal
1953

10 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 26 November 1919

Fastest peal: 34 changes per minute, on 28 September 1990

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Harry Sear3
Thomas Best2
George Groves2
John Eames2
Peter G Ellis2
Richard Haseldine1
William Cranwell1
Julie A Haseldine1
Keith D Waples1
S Smith1

The current bells:

1Estimated weight: 3 - 1 - 2Flat of G by 22 cents
2Estimated weight: 3 - 2 - 9Flat of F by 28 cents
3Estimated weight: 4 - 1 - 5Flat of D#/Eb by 23 cents
4Estimated weight: 4 - 2 - 22Sharp of C#/Db by 32 cents
5Estimated weight: 5 - 2 - 26Sharp of B by 13 cents
6Recorded weight: 8 - 0 - 4Sharp of A by 17 cents

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No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1731 to 18231824 to 18861887 to 19121913 to present
  

Gillett & Co in 1887 recast: 1913

Alfred Bowell in 1913

  

Gillett & Co in 1887 recast: 1913

Alfred Bowell in 1913

  

Gillett & Co in 1887 recast: 1913

Alfred Bowell in 1913

  

Gillett & Co in 1887 recast: 1913

Alfred Bowell in 1913

  

Gillett & Co in 1887 recast: 1913

Alfred Bowell in 1913

 

John Briant in 1824 recast: 1913

John Briant in 1824 recast: 1913

Alfred Bowell in 1913

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"