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Buckingham, St Peter & St Paul

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Engraving by J. Storer
1801

58 Peals:

Longest peal: 5184 changes

Slowest peal: 23 changes per minute, on 30 May 1998

Fastest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 29 October 1949

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

George W Holland28
William A Yates24
Frederick Vickers14
James Linnell11
George E Green9
Richard W Yates8
Thomas E Roberts7
Frederick C Case7
Raymond A Vickers6
Roger Cadamy5

The current bells:

1Recorded weight: 6 - 0 - 0Flat of D by 17 cents
2Recorded weight: 7 - 1 - 13Flat of C#/Db by 17 cents
3Recorded weight: 7 - 1 - 0Flat of B by 13 cents
4Recorded weight: 8 - 1 - 0Flat of A by 7 cents
5Recorded weight: 10 - 3 - 0Sharp of G by 8 cents
6Recorded weight: 11 - 2 - 0Sharp of F#/Gb by 4 cents
7Recorded weight: 16 - 0 - 0Flat of E by 14 cents
8Recorded weight: 22 - 3 - 0Flat of D by 5 cents

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Who has circled the tower:

William A Yates

History of the ring:

1552 to 17521753 to 17761782 to 19551956 to present
  

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

  

Chapman & Mears in 1782 recast: 1956

Mears & Stainbank in 1956

 

Thomas Lester in 1735 recast: 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Thomas Lester in 1735 recast: 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Thomas Lester in 1735 recast: 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Thomas Lester in 1735 recast: 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Thomas Lester in 1735 recast: 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Thomas Lester in 1735 recast: 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

Chapman & Mears in 1782

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

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