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Padbury, St Mary

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Padbury Church
2011

15 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 29 changes per minute, on 25 November 1911

Fastest peal: 32 changes per minute, on 20 January 1961

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

William A Yates7
George W Holland6
Frederick Vickers5
Ruth Stokes3
Raymond A Vickers3
James Linnell3
Barry R Eglesfield2
Frederick C Case2
Charles E Truman2
Ernest C Lambert1

The current bells:

1Estimated weight: 4 - 1 - 2Flat of F by 2 cents
2Estimated weight: 4 - 2 - 16Flat of D#/Eb by 3 cents
3Estimated weight: 5 - 2 - 12Sharp of C#/Db by 21 cents
4Estimated weight: 5 - 3 - 26Sharp of C by 16 cents
5Estimated weight: 7 - 0 - 13Sharp of A#/Bb by 8 cents
6Recorded weight: 10 - 2 - 0Sharp of G#/Ab by 5 cents

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No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1553 to 17061707 to 17151716 to 18051806 to present
  

Henry Bagley III in 1716 recast: 1806

John Briant in 1806

 

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Henry Bagley III in 1716 recast: 1806

John Briant in 1806

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Henry Bagley III in 1716 recast: 1806

John Briant in 1806

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Henry Bagley III in 1716 recast: 1806

John Briant in 1806

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Henry Bagley III in 1716 recast: 1806

John Briant in 1806

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Henry Bagley III in 1716 recast: 1806

John Briant in 1806

Bell Frame:

Type 8 3 A a

All metal frames (cast iron)

Lowside Frames

As used by

History and Archive

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