North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

Tower Details

History and Archive

Radclive, St John Evangelist

Photos:

History and Archive

A village best viewed from the main road out of Buckingham.

1999

No peals have been rung here

The current bells:

1	Estimated weight: 4 - 0 - 21	Sharp of D#/Eb by 9 cents
2	Estimated weight: 5 - 0 - 17	Sharp of C by 14 cents
3	Estimated weight: 7 - 0 - 14	Sharp of B by 16 cents

History of the ring:

1550 to 1593	1594 to 1649	1650 to present
Unknown founder - cast before 1550	Unknown founder - cast before 1594	Bartholomew Atton in 1650
From Reading in 1550	From Reading in 1550	From Reading in 1550
Unknown founder - cast before 1550	Bartholomew Atton in 1594	Bartholomew Atton in 1594

Bell Frame:

Type 5 A

Long headed wooden frames with centre posts or scissor braces

Sill, king post, long head and braces from sill to post

History and Archive

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