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St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, Christ Church
Place St Leonards on Sea
Christ Church
Shown in county lists as St Leonards
Lieutenancy area East Sussex
Country England
Historic county Sussex
Dove tower ID 13523
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 19½ cwt in FSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TQ802091
Latitude & longitude 50.85393, 0.55956View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode TN37 6GL
Diocese Chichester
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 3530
Affiliation Sussex County Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 157 performances here, of which 38 were peals and 4 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 19½ cwt in F
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 19½ cwt (~2180 lb or ~990 kg) in F (695.0 Hz)
Practices Mon 19:00
Overhauled
1999 by John Taylor & Co
Peals View 38 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
16–0–101413.5F30.00″1894Gillett & JohnstonRNFC
26–3–161316.0E31.13″1894Gillett & JohnstonRNFC
37–2–61159.5D33.00″1894Gillett & JohnstonRNFC
48–3–241041.0C35.75″1894Gillett & JohnstonRNFC
59–3–25934.0B♭37.00″1894Gillett & JohnstonRNFC
611–3–6875.0A40.00″1894Gillett & JohnstonRNFC
714–1–2783.5G43.00″1894Gillett & JohnstonRNFC
8<20–0–0695.0F48.00″1894Gillett & JohnstonRNFC
Source: Martin Smith spsht; A Higson; Sam Austin
Contributed by: Martin Smith
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Service3–1–151580.0G24.00″1999John Taylor Bellfounders LtdFN
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,81999Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.A.h8
Update log
25/02/20211-8, service bell: turning added [Alan Pink, local contact]
20/02/20218: weight amended to reflect removal of canons since it was last weighed [G&J tuning records via Alan Buswell]
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