North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

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Little Brickhill, St Mary Magdalene

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History and Archive

Great Paul at Little Brickhill

1882

No peals have been rung here

The current bells:

1	Estimated weight: 3 - 2 - 22	Sharp of E by 25 cents
2	Estimated weight: 5 - 3 - 0	Flat of C by 2 cents
3	Estimated weight: 7 - 1 - 3	Flat of A by 8 cents

History of the ring:

1639 to 1668	1669 to 1913	1914 to present
Unknown in 1555 recast: 1914	Unknown in 1555 recast: 1914	Unknown in 1914
James Keene in 1639	James Keene in 1639	James Keene in 1639
Unknown founder - cast before 1639	Anthony Chandler in 1669	Anthony Chandler in 1669

Bell Frame:

Type 6 A

Long headed wooden frames without centre posts or scissor braces

Sill, long head and braces from sill to head

History and Archive

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