Tower details

Place	Ditchingham S Mary
Lieutenancy area	Norfolk
Country	England
Historic county	Norfolk
Dove tower ID	15502
Rings	6 (full-circle ring), tenor 12–3–12 in GSee below
Frames	1See below
Grid reference	TM329922
Latitude & longitude	52.47817, 1.42917View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	NR35 2JS
Diocese	Norwich
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	8857
Also	Toilet
URLs	https://ndar.org.uk/towers/ditchingham/ https://churchbellsofnorfolk.weebly.com/ditchingham-st-mary.html
Affiliation	Norwich Diocesan Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 131 performances here, of which 16 were peals and 3 were in the last two years

Bells	6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	12–3–12 (1440 lb or 653 kg) in G (770.0 Hz)
Practices	Mon (1st, 3rd, 4th)
Peals	View 64 peals in the Felstead Database

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	3–3–25	1304.0	E	27.38″	1820	Thomas II Mears			FC
	2	4–1–18	1162.0	D	28.75″	1820	Thomas II Mears			FC
	3	5–2–0	1022.5	C	31.00″	1739	Thomas Lester			FC
	4	6–1–15	969.5	B	33.00″	c1420†	London foundry			FC
	5	9–3–11	873.5	A	37.88″	c1420†	London foundry			FC
	6	12–3–12	770.0	G	40.50″	1620	William Brend			FC

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1	1,2,3,4,5,6	1931	Cast iron	Alfred Bowell	8.3.A.j	6.1

Contributed by: David Sloman

24/07/2022	Fr1: Truss and layout added [Church Bells of Norfolk website]
21/07/2022	URL & toilet added [NDAR website]
16/05/2020	Tenor note and ring key not F# (nominal: G-31c) [N Bowden (C Richmond) via pNBR]
16/05/2020	1-6: nominal added,note amended [Nick Bowden via e-mail]