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Great Brickhill, St Mary the Virgin

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Peal board in Church
1984

9 Peals:

Longest peal: 5184 changes

Slowest peal: 26 changes per minute, on 9 March 1991

Fastest peal: 29 changes per minute, on 6 June 1936

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Robert Tregillus3
David Middleton3
B Douglas Hird3
Nicholas K Allsopp2
Ronald J Snack2
Peter G Ellis2
Robert J Crocker2
Roderick Bickerton2
Michael Chester2
Ian M Robinson2

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1637 to 17881789 to 18391840 to 20082009 to present
   

Whitechapel in 2010

   

Whitechapel in 2010

 

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

William & Thomas Mears in 1789 recast: 1840

Thomas Mears II in 1840

Thomas Mears II in 1840

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

William & Thomas Mears in 1789

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

History and Archive

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