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Arreton, Isle of Wight, S George
Place Arreton
S George
Unitary authority Isle of Wight
Lieutenancy area Isle of Wight
Country England
Historic county Hampshire
Dove tower ID 13492
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 8–2–0 in A♭See below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SZ534867
Latitude & longitude 50.67803, -1.24517View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode PO30 3AB
Diocese Portsmouth
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 10564
URLs http://www.noyes.org.uk/iw/towers/arreton.htm
https://www.wpbells.org/towers/arreton/
Affiliation Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 73 performances here, of which 38 were peals and 8 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 8–2–0 in A♭
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 8–2–0 (952 lb or 432 kg) in A♭ (840.5 Hz)
Practices Mon
Overhauled
2001 by Nicholson Engineering Ltd
Peals View 57 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
12–2–231404.4F23.75″1951Mears & StainbankFC
23–0–191256.0E♭26.13″1896Charles CarrFC
33–3–171120.0D♭28.38″1896Charles CarrFC
44–3–171050.7C29.81″1999Whitechapel Bell FoundryFFC
56–1–23939.9B♭33.25″1589†Unidentified (inscribed)FC
68–2–0840.5A♭35.81″1601†R Beconsall (or Ralph Brooke?)YFC
Source: M Chester(S Noyes); CBC; W&P info; D Sloman(WBF)
Contributed by: Mike Chester
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Disused5 cwtD♭1699Clement II TosierY4U
Sanctus2007.5B15.63″c1530†John TonneYNS
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,62001SteelNicholson Engineering Ltd8.1.B.a6.1
Update log
31/05/2024Frame Fr1: material, truss, layout added [Andrew Nicholson]
24/05/2024Sanctus: nominal, note added; Sanctus,Disused: canons, turning, hanging type added [Kye Leaver from personal visit #007015]
03/11/20235: founder amended [Chris Pickford, citing the Christopher Dalton papers]
10/12/20211-6: nominal added; 1,5: diameter amended; 2-4,6: diameter added; 6: canons added [Nigel Taylor's personal tuning records via David Sloman]
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