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Stewkley, St Michael

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Stewkley church
2020

22 Peals:

Longest peal: 5184 changes

Slowest peal: 26 changes per minute, on 8 December 1979

Fastest peal: 31 changes per minute, on 8 July 2008

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Henry B Whitney3
L Roy Woodruff2
Alan D Flood2
Roger Baldwin2
Timothy G Pett2
Edward W Houghton2
Alan R Pink2
Edgar T Skipsey2
Julie A Haseldine2
Frederick J Plummer2

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1552 to 16351636 to 16601661 to 17341735 to 18361837 to 19011902 to 19361937 to present
      

Mears & Stainbank in 1937

      

Mears & Stainbank in 1937

     

Mears & Stainbank in 1902

Mears & Stainbank in 1902

 

Richard Chandler I in 1636

Richard Chandler I in 1636

Richard Chandler I in 1636

Richard Chandler I in 1636

Richard Chandler I in 1636

Richard Chandler I in 1636

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1636

Unknown founder - cast before 1661

Unknown founder - cast before 1735

Unknown founder - cast before 1837

Unknown founder - cast before 1902

Unknown founder - cast before 1937

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1636

Chandler & co in 1661

Chandler & co in 1661

Chandler & co in 1661

Chandler & co in 1661

Chandler & co in 1661

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1636

Unknown founder - cast before 1661

Edward Hall in 1735

Edward Hall in 1735

Edward Hall in 1735

Edward Hall in 1735

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1636

Unknown founder - cast before 1661

Edward Hall in 1735 recast: 1837

Taylor Oxford in 1837

Taylor Oxford in 1837

Taylor Oxford in 1837

Bell Frame:

Type 6 A

Long headed wooden frames without centre posts or scissor braces

Sill, long head and braces from sill to head

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