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Great Horwood, St James

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Rope hole positions
1949

10 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 27 changes per minute, on 12 April 2011

Fastest peal: 30 changes per minute, on 25 January 1975

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

William A Yates3
F George Edmans3
George W Holland3
Raymond A Vickers2
Andrew Haseldine2
Julie A Haseldine2
Christopher C Stokes2
Peter G Ellis1
K Moore1
Robert J Crocker1

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1552 to 16041605 to 16221623 to 16511652 to 17361737 to 18461847 to 19481949 to present
     

C & G Mears in 1847

C & G Mears in 1847

   

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Anthony Chandler in 1652

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Bartholomew and Robert Atton in 1605

Bartholomew and Robert Atton in 1605

Bartholomew and Robert Atton in 1605

Bartholomew and Robert Atton in 1605

Bartholomew and Robert Atton in 1605

Bartholomew and Robert Atton in 1605

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1605

Unknown founder - cast before 1623

Unknown founder - cast before 1652

Edward Hall in 1737 recast: 1949

Edward Hall in 1737 recast: 1949

Mears & Stainbank in 1949

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1605

Robert Atton in 1623

Robert Atton in 1623

Robert Atton in 1623

Robert Atton in 1623

Robert Atton in 1623

Unknown founder - cast before 1552

Unknown founder - cast before 1605

Unknown founder - cast before 1623

Unknown founder - cast before 1652

Unknown founder - cast before 1737

C & G Mears in 1847

C & G Mears in 1847

Bell Frame:

Type 8 3 A h

All metal frames (cast iron)

Lowside Frames

As used (with minor differences - some with and some without the lower "stretcher rail") by

History and Archive

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