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Crawley, West Sussex, S John Bapt
Place Crawley
S John Bapt
Lieutenancy area West Sussex
Country England
Historic county Sussex
Dove tower ID 13308
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 13–2–26 in ESee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TQ268365
Latitude & longitude 51.11412, -0.18912View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode RH10 1HG
Diocese Chichester
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 3302
Also Toilet
URL https://thebellsofsussex.weebly.com/crawley-st-john-the-baptist.html
Affiliation Sussex County Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
Ring of 8, tenor 13–2–26 in E
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 13–2–26 (1538 lb or 698 kg) in E (655.5 Hz)
Practices Thu
Peals View 390 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Simulator
Additional information Seage apparatus present
Ellacombe apparatus
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–1–251328.0E27.25″1880Gillett, Bland & CoDMFC
24–2–71238.5D♯28.00″1880Gillett, Bland & CoDMFC
34–2–251096.5C♯29.00″1931Mears & StainbankDMFC
45–1–24985.0B31.00″1880Gillett, Bland & CoDMFC
56–2–21879.5A34.00″1880Gillett, Bland & CoDMFC
67–3–0828.5G♯36.00″1880Gillett, Bland & CoDMFC
79–2–18737.0F♯39.00″1880Gillett, Bland & CoDMFC
813–2–26655.5E44.00″1880Gillett, Bland & CoDMFC
Source: M Smith; D Sloman(GPE;RW1980/918;WBF); TimJ(AAJB)
Contributed by: Martin Smith
Details of frame
Frame Bells Year Material Maker Truss Layout
1 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 1880 Timber Gillett, Bland & Co 6.A 8.3
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Update log
05/01/2023 Simulator added (on bells 2 and 3) [Kye Leaver]
04/10/2022 Fr1: year, maker, and layout added; URL added [Kye Leaver from personal visit via #003670]
23/03/2022 1-8: turning amended [Bells turning checked 22/3/2022 via Kye Leaver]
18/01/2022 1-8: bell names added [Kye Leaver]
03/12/2021 4: nominal added [Recorded and analysed through wavanal by Kye Leaver]
01/12/2021 1-3,5-8: nominal added [Kye Leaver recordings, analysed by Francesco Greenslade]
27/11/2021 1-8: canons added. [K Leaver]
19/11/2021 Toilet added; Seage’s silent bell apparatus added; 1-8: turning added [Kye Leaver via Email]
16/05/2021 Ellacombe apparatus noted [Ollie Watson]
04/05/2021 8: note and key amended (tenor note (and ring key) is closer to E than F) [Ivan Steel]
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