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Turweston, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Photos:

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A view of the belfry
1/12/2023

No peals have been rung here

The current bells:

1Recorded weight: 2 - 1 - 7Flat of F#/Gb by 39 cents
2Estimated weight: 2 - 3 - 11Flat of D#/Eb by 34 cents

History of the ring:

1553 to 16241625 to 16251626 to 19571958 to present

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1625

Robert Atton in 1626 recast: 1958

Taylor Loughborough in 1958

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Robert Atton in 1625

Robert Atton in 1625

Robert Atton in 1625

Bell Frame:

Type 1 C

Horizontal wooden beams

Beam on a ledge or offset in the walls of the tower or belfry, or resting on the sills of the belfry window openings.

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