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Shalstone, St Edward the Confessor

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Rehung by Whites in 2004
1999

5 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 29 changes per minute, on 10 March 1945

Fastest peal: 32 changes per minute, on 23 September 1990

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Raymond A Vickers2
William A Yates2
L Roy Woodruff1
James A Haseldine1
Frederick Vickers1
David G Salter1
John Lewis1
John Townsend1
George Jay1
Rex Grainge1

The current bells:

1Recorded weight: 3 - 0 - 9Sharp of D#/Eb by 30 cents
2Recorded weight: 4 - 1 - 26Sharp of C#/Db by 29 cents
3Recorded weight: 5 - 0 - 9Sharp of C by 20 cents
4Recorded weight: 5 - 1 - 25Sharp of A#/Bb by 20 cents
5Recorded weight: 7 - 1 - 13Sharp of G#/Ab by 20 cents

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1553 to 18611862 to present
 

George Mears in 1862

 

George Mears in 1862

 

George Mears in 1862

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

George Mears in 1862

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

George Mears in 1862

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"