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Calverton, All Saints

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The previous church at Calverton
1800

62 Peals:

Longest peal: 5090 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 25 November 1905

Fastest peal: 35 changes per minute, on 10 May 1995

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Walter W Bonham24
Herbert C Edwards23
Thomas C Tompkins20
Cecil A Valentine19
Edwin A Yates14
Andrew Haseldine12
Albert J Green12
Ruth Stokes10
Richard Haseldine9
James H Tompkins9

The current bells:

1Recorded weight: 3 - 3 - 9Flat of G#/Ab by 33 cents
2Recorded weight: 3 - 3 - 25Sharp of F#/Gb by 40 cents
3Recorded weight: 4 - 1 - 25Sharp of E by 39 cents
4Estimated weight: 5 - 0 - 24Flat of D#/Eb by 31 cents
5Estimated weight: 6 - 0 - 8Flat of C#/Db by 23 cents
6Estimated weight: 6 - 2 - 26Flat of C by 25 cents
7Estimated weight: 7 - 1 - 18Sharp of A by 26 cents
8Recorded weight: 11 - 2 - 0Flat of G#/Ab by 17 cents

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Who has circled the tower:

Albert J Green

History of the ring:

1707 to 17431744 to 18181819 to 18211822 to 19041905 to 20182019 to present
     

Westley in 2019

     

Westley in 2019

    

Alfred Bowell in 1905 recast: 2019

Westley in 2019

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Unknown founder - cast before 1744

Unknown founder - cast before 1819

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Unknown founder - cast before 1744

John Briant in 1819 recast: 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Unknown founder - cast before 1744

John Briant in 1819 recast: 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Unknown founder - cast before 1744

Unknown founder - cast before 1819

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Unknown founder - cast before 1707

Unknown founder - cast before 1744

Unknown founder - cast before 1819

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

Taylor Oxford in 1822

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"