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Leckhampstead, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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In uniform
1915

8 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 26 changes per minute, on 25 September 2015

Fastest peal: 29 changes per minute, on 30 April 1989

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Dennis Carter5
William Carter4
Percy Warner3
Leonard A Smith3
Herbert J Carter3
Robin H Rogers1
Joseph Read1
Colin M Turner1
Alan Regin1
Robert J Crocker1

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1559 to 16361637 to 16611662 to 16631664 to 18961897 to present
    

Mears & Stainbank in 1897

    

Mears & Stainbank in 1897

William Welles? in 1559

William Welles? in 1559

William Welles? in 1559

William Welles? in 1559

William Welles? in 1559

 

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

Unknown founder - cast before 1662

Richard Chandler II in 1664

Richard Chandler II in 1664

 

Unknown founder - cast before 1637

Anthony Chandler in 1662

Anthony Chandler in 1662

Anthony Chandler in 1662

Bell Frame:

Type 6 A

Long headed wooden frames without centre posts or scissor braces

Sill, long head and braces from sill to head

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