Tower details

Place	Rye S Mary V
Lieutenancy area	East Sussex
Country	England
Historic county	Sussex
Dove tower ID	10910
Rings	8 (full-circle ring), tenor 19 cwt in ESee below Other bellsSee below
Frames	1See below
Grid reference	TQ921202
Latitude & longitude	50.95008, 0.73418View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	A suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 50.94998, 0.73475 View on Google Map Edit details
Postcode	TN31 7HE
Diocese	Chichester
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	3615
Affiliation	Sussex County Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 49 performances here, of which 16 were peals and 3 were in the last two years

Bells	8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	19 cwt (2128 lb or ~970 kg) in E (649.0 Hz)
Practices	Thu
Peals	View 65 peals in the Felstead Database

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	<6–0–5	1334.5	E	28.50″	1775†	Pack & Chapman	R	X	FC
	2	<6–2–13	1219.0	D♯	30.50″	1775†	Pack & Chapman	R	X	FC
	3	<6–3–10	1105.0	C♯	32.00″	1775†	Pack & Chapman	R	X	FC
	4	<7–3–19	969.5	B	34.00″	1775†	Pack & Chapman	R	X	FC
	5	<9–0–14	868.5	A	37.00″	1775†	Pack & Chapman	R	X	FC
	6	<10–3–9	814.5	G♯	39.50″	1775†	Pack & Chapman	R	X	FC
	7	<14–0–12	731.5	F♯	43.00″	1775†	Pack & Chapman	R	X	FC
	8	<19–0–17	649.0	E	48.00″	1775†	Pack & Chapman	R	X	FC

Bells

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	Quarter 1				9.00″	1761	Lester & Pack	Y		U
	Quarter 2				9.00″	1801	Thomas I Mears	Y		U

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8	1897	Cast iron & oak	John Taylor & Co	7.A.a	8.3

Contributed by: Mike Chester

26/09/2020	1-8: turning amended [[James Hedgcock] via 00014007]
21/09/2020	1-8: turning added [[James Hedgcock] via e-mail]