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Tyringham, St Peter

Photos:

History and Archive
Probationary member certificate for F Miller
1907

5 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 19 May 1928

Fastest peal: 30 changes per minute, on 13 August 1983

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

John Higgins1
Miss Edith Sharp1
Cecil Sharp1
Robert J Crocker1
William Stock1
George E Green1
Charles W Smith1
George W Tompkins1
William Butler1
J L Sharp1

The current bells:

1Estimated weight: 5 - 1 - 22Flat of C#/Db by 5 cents
2Estimated weight: 6 - 0 - 18Sharp of B by 14 cents
3Estimated weight: 7 - 3 - 3Sharp of A#/Bb by 5 cents
4Estimated weight: 9 - 3 - 14Sharp of G#/Ab by 23 cents
5Recorded weight: 13 - 0 - 0Flat of G by 20 cents

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No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1629 to 17071708 to 17191714 to 17181720 to 17341735 to present

James Keene in 1629

James Keene in 1629

James Keene in 1629

James Keene in 1629

James Keene in 1629

  

Unknown founder - cast before 1714

Richard Chandler III in 1720

Richard Chandler III in 1720

James Keene in 1629

James Keene in 1629

James Keene in 1629

James Keene in 1629

James Keene in 1629

  

Unknown founder - cast before 1714

Unknown founder - cast before 1720

Thomas Russell in 1735

 

Richard Chandler III in 1708

Richard Chandler III in 1708

Richard Chandler III in 1708

Richard Chandler III in 1708

Bell Frame:

Type 6 D

Long headed wooden frames without centre posts or scissor braces

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

History and Archive

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