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Woughton on the Green, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Photos:

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Another of our most photogenic churches in an apparently rural setting.
1999

8 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 29 changes per minute, on 20 May 1929

Fastest peal: 34 changes per minute, on 28 May 1992

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Charles W Smith4
Albert Fleet4
Edmund J Hobbs4
Horace H Smith3
B Douglas Hird2
Horace P Giles2
George F Amor2
Robert J Crocker1
Alan J Marchbank1
Colin M Turner1

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1653 to 17001701 to 17161717 to 17701771 to 18861887 to 19251926 to present
     

Mears & Stainbank in 1926

     

Mears & Stainbank in 1926

Anthony Chandler in 1653 recast: 1887

Anthony Chandler in 1653 recast: 1887

Anthony Chandler in 1653 recast: 1887

Anthony Chandler in 1653 recast: 1887

Gillett & Co in 1887

Gillett & Co in 1887

 

Unknown founder - cast before 1701

Richard Chandler III in 1717 recast: 1887

Richard Chandler III in 1717 recast: 1887

Gillett & Co in 1887

Gillett & Co in 1887

 

Chandler & co in 1701

Chandler & co in 1701

Chandler & co in 1701

Chandler & co in 1701

Chandler & co in 1701

 

Unknown founder - cast before 1701

Unknown founder - cast before 1717

Pack & Chapman in 1771

Pack & Chapman in 1771

Pack & Chapman in 1771

Bell Frame:

Type 8 1 B a

All metal frames (Steel and wrought iron)

"Lowside" frames

"Lowside" frame with braces

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