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Olney, St Peter & St Paul

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Robinson - Among the Bells
1/7/1907

86 Peals:

Longest peal: 5700 changes

Slowest peal: 23 changes per minute, on 29 August 1903

Fastest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 5 December 1910

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

B Douglas Hird16
William Freeman16
Frank Boswell14
Alan J Marchbank14
Ruth Stokes11
Sidney W Smith11
Christopher C Stokes11
Frederick J Mynard11
William J Robinson11
Steven Stanford10

The current bells:

1Recorded weight: 6 - 1 - 7Flat of F#/Gb by 35 cents
2Recorded weight: 6 - 2 - 23Flat of E by 17 cents
3Recorded weight: 6 - 2 - 12Flat of D by 21 cents
4Recorded weight: 6 - 2 - 27Sharp of C by 32 cents
5Recorded weight: 7 - 2 - 27Flat of B by 26 cents
6Recorded weight: 7 - 2 - 17Flat of A by 20 cents
7Recorded weight: 10 - 1 - 7Flat of G by 15 cents
8Recorded weight: 13 - 2 - 19Sharp of F by 19 cents
9Recorded weight: 16 - 0 - 15Flat of E by 17 cents
10Recorded weight: 24 - 0 - 9Flat of D by 13 cents

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Who has circled the tower:

B Douglas Hird
David Phillipson

History of the ring:

1552 to 15981599 to 16301631 to 16811682 to 16981699 to 17321733 to 19021903 to 20072008 to present
       

Whitechapel in 2008

       

Whitechapel in 2008

      

Alfred Bowell in 1903

Alfred Bowell in 1903

      

Alfred Bowell in 1903

Alfred Bowell in 1903

   

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Hugh Watts I in 1599

Hugh Watts I in 1599

Hugh Watts I in 1599

Hugh Watts I in 1599

Hugh Watts I in 1599

Hugh Watts I in 1599

Hugh Watts I in 1599

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1599

Unknown founder - cast before 1631

Unknown founder - cast before 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1699

Henry Bagley II in 1699

Henry Bagley II in 1699

Henry Bagley II in 1699

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1599

Robert Atton in 1631

Robert Atton in 1631

Robert Atton in 1631

Robert Atton in 1631

Robert Atton in 1631

Robert Atton in 1631

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1599

Unknown founder - cast before 1631

Unknown founder - cast before 1682

Unknown founder - cast before 1699

Thomas Russell in 1733

Thomas Russell in 1733

Thomas Russell in 1733

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1599

Unknown founder - cast before 1631

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1682

Henry Bagley II in 1682

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"