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Bocking, Essex, S Mary
Place Bocking
S Mary
Lieutenancy area Essex
Country England
Historic county Essex
Dove tower ID 14707
Rings 10 (full-circle ring), tenor 18–1–20 in ESee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 3See below
Grid reference TL756256
Latitude & longitude 51.90197, 0.55207View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode CM7 5NA
Diocese Chelmsford
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 2573
Also Toilet
Affiliation Essex Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 103 performances here, of which 57 were peals and 4 were in the last two years
Ring of 10, tenor 18–1–20 in E
Bells 10 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 18–1–20 (2064 lb or 936 kg) in E (641.0 Hz)
All rings
1018–1–20 in E10 as tenor
68–0–12 in B6 as tenor
Practices Thu
Overhauled
1930 by John Taylor & Co
Peals View 176 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–1–121616.0G♯24.00″1972John Taylor & CoFNFC
23–3–181436.0F♯26.00″1972John Taylor & CoFNFC
35–0–181284.0E29.00″1904Mears & StainbankDNFC
45–3–21210.0D♯30.25″1904Mears & StainbankDNFC
56–1–81079.0C♯31.38″1682John DarbieY4FC
68–0–12961.5B34.25″1682John DarbieY4FC
78–3–11855.0A36.50″1685John DarbieY4FC
810–2–0804.0G♯39.38″1682James BartletY4FC
915–0–5719.5F♯44.00″1856Charles & George MearsY4FC
1018–1–20641.0E48.00″1856Charles & George MearsY4FC
Source: M Smith; J Hedgcock; A Higson; D Sloman(A Semken)
Contributed by: Martin Smith
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Clock4 cwt27.63″c1540†John TonneY4
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
9Clock
23,41972Cast iron & steelJohn Taylor & Co
11,2,5,6,7,8,9,101930Cast iron & steelJohn Taylor & Co8.3.A8.3
Contributed by: David Sloman
Update log
31/08/2020fr1: date confirmed [Martin Smith via e-mail]
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