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Tower Details
History and Archive

Great Linford, St Andrew

Photos:

History and Archive
Note the small window above the main windows (the bells were once hung on two levels) and also the windows below the belfry showing the earlier lower height of the tower.
1990

30 Peals:

Longest peal: 5400 changes

Slowest peal: 25 changes per minute, on 20 November 1993

Fastest peal: 31 changes per minute, on 13 February 1966

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Alan J Marchbank19
Ronald J Snack13
Barry R Eglesfield11
B Douglas Hird6
Ruth Stokes5
Christine E Marchbank5
Stephen J Crane4
William A Yates4
David M Joyce4
John Stanworth4

The current bells:

1Recorded weight: 6 - 2 - 21Sharp of D by 32 cents
2Recorded weight: 7 - 0 - 0Flat of C#/Db by 23 cents
3Recorded weight: 8 - 0 - 7Flat of B by 21 cents
4Recorded weight: 8 - 3 - 13Flat of A#/Bb by 22 cents
5Recorded weight: 10 - 2 - 0Flat of G#/Ab by 21 cents
6Recorded weight: 16 - 1 - 22Flat of F#/Gb by 10 cents

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Who has circled the tower:

Alan J Marchbank
Barry R Eglesfield
Ronald J Snack

History of the ring:

1552 to 17551756 to present
 

Joseph Eayre in 1756

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Joseph Eayre in 1756

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Joseph Eayre in 1756

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Joseph Eayre in 1756

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Joseph Eayre in 1756

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Joseph Eayre in 1756

Bell Frame:

Type 8 2 D a

All metal frames (Steel with cast iron components)

with "X" shaped cast iron webs

Wooden Sill, steel head, and pairs of cast iron "X" braces bolted to sill and head

History and Archive

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