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Hanslope, St James the Great

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Wedding
1697

44 Peals:

Longest peal: 5184 changes

Slowest peal: 24 changes per minute, on 20 February 1988

Fastest peal: 29 changes per minute, on 4 April 1987

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Richard Haseldine19
Andrew Haseldine14
Alan C Cozens13
Christopher C Stokes11
Julie A Haseldine9
Roy Keeves9
George E Green7
Ruth Stokes7
Nicholas Gray6
Ernest C Lambert4

The current bells:

1Recorded weight: 5 - 0 - 9Sharp of D#/Eb by 19 cents
2Recorded weight: 5 - 2 - 16Sharp of D by 9 cents
6Recorded weight: 9 - 2 - 10Sharp of G by 16 cents

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Who has circled the tower:

Roy Keeves

History of the ring:

1625 to 17131714 to 17511752 to 18131814 to 18141815 to 19051906 to 19461947 to present
      

Mears & Stainbank in 1947

      

Mears & Stainbank in 1947

     

Alfred Bowell in 1906

Alfred Bowell in 1906

 

Unknown founder - cast before 1714

Unknown founder - cast before 1752

Unknown founder - cast before 1814

Taylor Loughborough in 1815

Taylor Loughborough in 1815

Taylor Loughborough in 1815

 

Unknown founder - cast before 1714

Edward Hall in 1752

Edward Hall in 1752

Edward Hall in 1752

Edward Hall in 1752

Edward Hall in 1752

Robert Atton in 1625 recast: 1906

Robert Atton in 1625 recast: 1906

Robert Atton in 1625 recast: 1906

Robert Atton in 1625 recast: 1906

Robert Atton in 1625 recast: 1906

Alfred Bowell in 1906

Alfred Bowell in 1906

Robert Atton in 1626

Robert Atton in 1626

Robert Atton in 1626

Robert Atton in 1626

Robert Atton in 1626

Robert Atton in 1626

Robert Atton in 1626

 

Unknown founder - cast before 1714

Unknown founder - cast before 1752

John Briant in 1814

John Briant in 1814

John Briant in 1814

John Briant in 1814

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

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