| Place | King's Lynn S Nicholas Shown in county lists as King's Lynn, S Nicholas |
| Lieutenancy area | Norfolk |
| Country | England |
| Historic county | Norfolk |
| Dove tower ID | 10477 |
| Rings | 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 18–3–12 in FSee below Other bellsSee below |
| Frames | 1See below |
| Grid reference | TF618204 |
| Latitude & longitude | 52.75744, 0.39658View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers |
| Satnav lat & long | No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details |
| Postcode | PE30 1DZ |
| Ownership | Churches Conservation Trust |
| Diocese | Norwich |
| Church group | Church of England |
| Listed grade | I by Historic England |
| Church heritage record | 17122 |
| Also | Toilet |
| URLs | https://ndar.org.uk/towers/kings-lynn-st-nicholas/ https://churchbellsofnorfolk.weebly.com/kings-lynn-st-nicholas.html |
| Affiliation | Norwich Diocesan Association |
| Performances | Search for performances on BellBoardCustomise |
| Peal boards | No peal boards have been uploaded to BellBoard yet The Central Council is collecting photographs of all peal boards, and curating and uploading them to BellBoard. This includes material from earlier systems found here. |
| Bells | 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details |
| Tenor | 18–3–12 (2112 lb or 958 kg) in F (706.0 Hz) |
| Practices | Wed (3rd: other weeks at St Margaret's) |
| Projects & overhauls | 2015 by Whites of Appleton (major overhaul) Frame strengthened; new fittings; no tuning 1869 by John Taylor & Co (ring created) Ring installed |
| Peals | View 17 peals in the Felstead Database |
| Bell | Weight | Frequency | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5–2–24 | 1440.0 | F | 28.63″ | 1869 | John Taylor & Co | R | 8 | FC | ||
| 2 | 6–1–0 | 1363.0 | E | 30.00″ | 1869 | John Taylor & Co | R | 8 | FC | ||
| 3 | 6–1–12 | 1198.0 | D | 31.50″ | 1869 | John Taylor & Co | R | 8 | FC | ||
| 4 | 7–3–8 | 1075.0 | C | 33.69″ | 1869 | John Taylor & Co | R | 8 | FC | ||
| 5 | 9–2–0 | 968.0 | B♭ | 36.88″ | 1869 | John Taylor & Co | F | 8 | FC | ||
| 6 | 10–1–24 | 887.0 | A | 38.50″ | 1869 | John Taylor & Co | F | 8 | FC | ||
| 7 | 13–3–6 | 795.0 | G | 42.44″ | 1869 | John Taylor & Co | F | 8 | FC | ||
| 8 | 18–3–12 | 706.0 | F | 47.31″ | 1869 | John Taylor & Co | F | 8 | FC |
| Bells | Edit details |
| Bell | Weight | Frequency | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 3–2–22 | 1300.0 | E | 26.75″ | 1613† | John Draper | Y | ||||
| Display [1] | 8 cwt | 461.0 | A♯ | 35.43″ | 1556† | Austen Bracker | Y | U |
| Frame | Bells | Year | Material | Maker | Truss | Layout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 1869 | Oak | John Taylor & Co | 6.A | 8 |
[1]Display bell history
The Display bell is the larger one of two taken to St Andrew, Histon from the St Mary, Islington, near Kings Lynn, when it was declared redundant in the 1960’s. Both bells are now attributed to Austen Bracker who is thought to have been an itinerant founder operating out of the Lynn foundry or possibly Norwich. There are only 7 or 8 bells known to currently exist by him and this one is unique in that it has the date 1556 in Roman Numerals on the inscription band which reads “FOR THE YERE OF OUR LORD GOD XDLVI”, with the “D” reversed. Unfortunately, it has a fine crack in the crown and running down through the date on the inscription band and, it was probably for that reason that it was never hung in St Andrews when they augmented from 5 bells to 8 in 1967. [Graham Pledger]
Published: 19/11/2024; updated: 19/01/2026
| 05/04/2026 | Trusses added; layout added. [Church Bells of Norfolk via https://churchbellsofnorfolk.weebly.com/kings-lynn-st-nicholas.html] |
| 19/11/2024 | Display bell noted, moved here in 2022 from St Andrew Histon. [Graham Pledger] |
| 05/03/2024 | CofE Diocese added [CHR] |
| 26/10/2022 | URL & PN added [NDAR website/report] |