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Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire, S James
Place Great Horwood
S James
Unitary authority Buckinghamshire
Lieutenancy area Buckinghamshire
Country England
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Dove tower ID 12080
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 16–0–10 in FSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SP770312
Latitude & longitude 51.97396, -0.87959View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode MK17 0RQ
Diocese Oxford
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 9918
Also Toilet
URL https://cbucks.odg.org.uk/wordpress/towers/6-bells/great-horwood/
Affiliation Oxford Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 24 performances here, of which 2 were peals and 2 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 16–0–10 in F
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 16–0–10 (1802 lb or 817 kg) in F (678.0 Hz)
Practices Mon
Tuned 1950
Peals View 10 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
15–3–21150.0D32.00″1847Charles & George MearsY4FC
26–2–81017.0C33.50″1652Anthony ChandlerY4FC
37–1–0911.5B♭34.50″1605†Bartholomew & Robert AttonY4FC
48–2–22852.5A37.00″1950Mears & StainbankFNFC
511–3–0765.0G40.63″1623†Robert AttonY4FC
616–0–10678.0F46.50″1847Charles & George MearsY4FC
Source: P Davies(Cocks); CBC; D Sloman(CJND/CJP/WBF); P Denton; TimJ; JCB(Smith Bucks BB)
Contributed by: [Peter Davies]
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Sanctus1–0–81746.0A18.00″(1950)Mears & StainbankF
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,61950Cast ironMears & Stainbank8.3.A.h6.7
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Update log
09/02/2023URL deleted [Error detected by Dove Tower URL Checker]
03/07/2019Sct: wt amended [Tim Jackson via 00013495]
28/06/2019Sct(recast): data amended [John Baldwin via database]
19/06/20191-6: turning added; 1,2,6: canons added; [John Baldwin via database]
19/06/2019fr1: material,truss,layout added [John Baldwin via database]
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