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Witham, Essex, S Nicolas
Place Witham
S Nicolas
Lieutenancy area Essex
Country England
Historic county Essex
Dove tower ID 14581
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 15–3–12 in ESee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference TL817153
Latitude & longitude 51.80751, 0.63436View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode CM8 2JS
Diocese Chelmsford
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 2768
Affiliation Essex Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 551 performances here, of which 60 were peals and 16 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 15–3–12 in E
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 15–3–12 (1776 lb or 806 kg) in E (661.0 Hz)
Practices Wed
Overhauled
1976 by John Taylor & Co
Peals View 60 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–2–11320.0E27.00″1932John Taylor & CoF4FC
24–3–191246.0D♯28.00″1932John Taylor & CoF4FC
34–3–221111.0C♯30.00″1877John Warner & SonsR4FC
46–1–23990.0B33.13″1877John Warner & SonsR4FC
57–1–27881.0A35.00″1601†Richard Bowler & Richard HoldfieldRYFC
610–1–27831.5G♯38.50″1601†Richard Bowler & Richard HoldfieldRYFC
710–3–8740.5F♯40.88″1627Miles I GrayeRYFC
815–3–12661.0E46.75″1743Thomas GardinerRYFC
Source: D Sloman(twr info; inspn 10/82; WBF); CBC; A Higson; P Denton; TimJ
Contributed by: David Sloman
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Service1–1–4F♯17.75″1961Mears & StainbankFNS
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
23,4,6,7,Service1976Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.D.a
11,2,5,81976Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.D.a
Contributed by: David Sloman
Update log
09/01/2025Service: hanging added [Jason Brett, from personal visit]
17/02/2019fr2: truss added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
06/02/2019all: turning,frameid added; frame info added [David Sloman via 00013274]
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