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North Crawley, St Firmin

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Tower with spire
1900

5 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 8 October 1911

Fastest peal: 32 changes per minute, on 28 September 1984

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Rev Kevin M Price2
Frederick J Mynard2
Herbert L Harlow1
George White1
Henry W Gayton1
Michael Chester1
E E Mynard1
John E Gill1
Frank Tysoe1
Vacant1

The current bells:

1Estimated weight: 5 - 1 - 14Flat of D by 3 cents
2Recorded weight: 6 - 2 - 21Flat of A#/Bb by 22 cents
3Recorded weight: 6 - 3 - 22Exactly C
4Recorded weight: 8 - 0 - 8Sharp of G#/Ab by 23 cents
5Recorded weight: 9 - 2 - 3Sharp of F#/Gb by 20 cents
6Recorded weight: 12 - 1 - 5Flat of F by 16 cents

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1613 to 16371638 to 16511652 to 17061707 to 17501751 to 18121813 to 18231824 to 19061907 to 19471948 to present
       

Alfred Bowell in 1907

Alfred Bowell in 1907

   

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Unknown founder - cast before 1751

Thomas Mears II in 1813 recast: 1907

Thomas Mears II in 1813 recast: 1907

Alfred Bowell in 1907

Alfred Bowell in 1907

 

James Keene in 1638

James Keene in 1638

James Keene in 1638

James Keene in 1638

James Keene in 1638

James Keene in 1638

James Keene in 1638

James Keene in 1638

  

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

   

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Joseph Eayre in 1751 recast: 1824

Joseph Eayre in 1751 recast: 1824

Thomas Mears II in 1824

Thomas Mears II in 1824

Thomas Mears II in 1824

Son of Edward Newcome in 1613 recast: 1907

Son of Edward Newcome in 1613 recast: 1907

Son of Edward Newcome in 1613 recast: 1907

Son of Edward Newcome in 1613 recast: 1907

Son of Edward Newcome in 1613 recast: 1907

Son of Edward Newcome in 1613 recast: 1907

Son of Edward Newcome in 1613 recast: 1907

Alfred Bowell in 1907 recast: 1948

Mears & Stainbank in 1948

Bell Frame:

Type 8 3 A j

All metal frames (cast iron)

Lowside Frames

As used by

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