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Gestingthorpe, Essex, S Mary
Place Gestingthorpe
S Mary
Lieutenancy area Essex
Country England
Historic county Essex
Dove tower ID 16177
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 16 cwt in FSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TL812385
Latitude & longitude 52.01591, 0.63920View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode CO9 3BB
Diocese Chelmsford
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 2554
Affiliation Essex Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 45 performances here, of which 12 were peals and 1 was in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 16 cwt in F
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 16 cwt (~1790 lb or ~810 kg) in F (697.5 Hz)
Practices Thu (4th)
Peals View 45 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14½ cwt1140.5D30.00″1659†Miles III GrayeY4FC
26 cwt1031.0C33.00″1658Miles III GrayeY4FC
36½ cwt943.0B♭34.50″1658Miles III GrayeY4FC
48 cwt867.5A37.50″1658Miles III GrayeR8FC
511½ cwt775.0G40.00″1901John Warner & SonsFNFC
616 cwt697.5F44.00″1901John Warner & SonsFNFC
Source: David Sloman; Bill Hibbert; Alistair Donaldson
Contributed by: David Sloman
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,61901TimberGeorge Day & Sons6.D6.1
Contributed by: David Sloman
Update log
14/02/2020removed: www.eacr.org.uk/northern/Hedinghams.htm not found [TimJ(#265) via URLbad]
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