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Great Finborough, Suffolk, S Andrew
Place Great Finborough
S Andrew
or Finborough Magna
Lieutenancy area Suffolk
Country England
Historic county Suffolk
Dove tower ID 11626
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 12–2–12 in GSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TM013579
Latitude & longitude 52.18295, 0.94369View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode IP14 3AD
Diocese St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Church Church of England
Listed grade II by Historic England
Church heritage record 11668
URL http://www.suffolkbells.org.uk/towers/greatfinborough1.php
Affiliation Suffolk Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 202 performances here, of which 6 were peals and 7 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 12–2–12 in G
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 12–2–12 (1412 lb or 640 kg) in G (784.0 Hz)
Projects & overhauls
1909 by John Taylor & Co (ring created)
Ring installed
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Peals View 59 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–3–231316.5E26.50″1909John Taylor & CoDNFC
24–2–141176.0D28.50″1909John Taylor & CoDNFC
35–1–201045.5C30.38″1909John Taylor & CoDNFC
46–0–23988.0B32.00″1909John Taylor & CoDNFC
58–1–18881.5A36.13″1909John Taylor & CoDNFC
612–2–12784.0G40.38″1909John Taylor & CoDNFC
Source: C Pickford(Raven; Bowell;JT&Co); P Denton; P Mason(JTco)
Contributed by: Chris Pickford
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
1 [1]1,2,3,4,5,61910SteelGeorge Day & Sons8.1.C6.12 D
Contributed by: Philip Denton
Notes

[1]Frame layout details

This is diagonal in the octagonal bell chamber. Bells 1 and 4 are in the flanking pits NE-SE, the others in a row SE-NW. Sketch plan in the Clouston papers. (C J Pickford)

Published: 03/08/2022

Update log
03/08/2022Fr1: diagonal and notes added [R M W Clouston papers via C J Pickford]
17/07/2022Fr1: truss and layout amended [Neal Dodge]
24/04/20191-6: date amended [D Paul Mason via e-mail]
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