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Sherington, St Laud

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The stonework on the outside of Sherington tower is very similar to that at Cranfield
1990

3 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 21 February 1981

Fastest peal: 31 changes per minute, on 31 December 1981

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Shane A Saunders1
Eileen Stevenson1
Alan C Cozens1
Timothy A Wooding1
Graham R Davis1
Colin M Turner1
Peter G Ellis1
P David Taylor1
E George Swift1
Stephen A Wheeler1

The current bells:

1Estimated weight: 5 - 0 - 16Flat of D by 11 cents
2Estimated weight: 6 - 0 - 0Flat of C by 6 cents
3Estimated weight: 6 - 2 - 26Flat of B by 16 cents
4Estimated weight: 9 - 0 - 19Flat of A by 9 cents
5Recorded weight: 12 - 0 - 0Flat of G by 13 cents

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1591 to 16711672 to 17061707 to 17721773 to present
  

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Pack & Chapman in 1773

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

 

Henry Bagley I in 1672

Henry Bagley I in 1672

Henry Bagley I in 1672

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

William Watts in 1591

Bell Frame:

Type 6 B

Long headed wooden frames without centre posts or scissor braces

Sill, long head, braces from sill to head, and jack braces from brace to head

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