Tower details

Place	Market Drayton S Mary
Lieutenancy area	Shropshire
Country	England
Dove tower ID	12374
Rings	8 (full-circle ring), tenor 17–2–3 in ESee below Other bellsSee below
Frames	3See below
Grid reference	SJ675340
Latitude & longitude	52.90305, -2.48345View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	A suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 52.90228, -2.48532 View on Google Map Edit details
Postcode	TF9 1AD
Diocese	Lichfield
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	II* by Historic England
URL	http://www.sacbr.org.uk/Towers/MarketDrayton/MarketDrayton.html
Affiliation	Shropshire Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard

Bells	8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	17–2–3 (1963 lb or 890 kg) in E (652.0 Hz)
Practice	Wed
Peals	View 157 peals in the Felstead Database

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
	1	4–1–11	1309.0	E	27.06"	1931	John Taylor & Co	F
	2	4–2–17	1232.0	D♯	28.00"	1931	John Taylor & Co	F
	3	5–2–23	1098.0	C♯	30.43"	1931	John Taylor & Co	F
	4	6–2–14	979.0	B	32.50"	1931	John Taylor & Co	F
	5	7–3–13	872.0	A	35.00"	1931	John Taylor & Co	F
	6	9–2–6	822.0	G♯	36.88"	1931	John Taylor & Co	F
	7	12–2–13	733.0	F♯	41.00"	1931	John Taylor & Co	F
	8	17–2–3	652.0	E	46.00"	1931	John Taylor & Co	F

Bells

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
	Service	½ cwt	2295.5	C♯	15.00"			Y	N
	Service 2

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	9	Service 2		Stone	Unidentified	9.B
	2	Service		Timber	Unidentified	1
	1	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 of 8	1931	Cast iron	John Taylor & Co	8.3.A.h	8.3

Contributed by: Tim Jackson

28/05/2019

Svc: diam added [Chris Pickford via 00013432]