Tower details

Place	Stoke by Clare S John Bapt
Lieutenancy area	Suffolk
Country	England
Historic county	Suffolk
Dove tower ID	12783
Rings	6 (full-circle ring), tenor 13 cwt in F♯See below Other bellsSee below
Frames	2See below
Grid reference	TL740433
Latitude & longitude	52.06105, 0.53800View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	CO10 8JA
Diocese	St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	11732
URL	http://www.suffolkbells.org.uk/towers/stokebyclare1.php
Affiliation	Suffolk Guild
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 18 performances here, of which 7 were peals and 5 were in the last two years

Bells	6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	13 cwt (~1460 lb or ~660 kg) in F♯ (759.0 Hz)
Practices	Thu
Peals	View 18 peals in the Felstead Database
Also	Ground floor ringing chamber
Additional information	Anticlockwise

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	5½ cwt	1255.0	D♯	30.44″	1786	Thomas Osborn	Y	N	FC
	2	6 cwt	1136.0	C♯	31.19″	1786	Thomas Osborn	Y	N	FC
	3	7 cwt	1012.0	B	33.38″	1786	Thomas Osborn	Y	N	FC
	4	8 cwt	940.0	A♯	35.13″	1786	Thomas Osborn	Y	N	FC
	5	9½ cwt	850.0	G♯	37.88″	1786	Thomas Osborn	Y	N	FC
	6	13 cwt	759.0	F♯	41.75″	1786	Thomas Osborn	Y	N	FC

Bells

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	Clock	¾ cwt	2238.0	D♭	14.63″	c1520†	? John Tonne	Y	Y	D

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	9	Clock
	1	1,2,3,4,5,6	c1500	Oak		~ 5.R	6.7

Contributed by: Philip Denton

20/04/2023

Clock: nominal, hanging type added [Bell recorded 14/4/2023 via Bill Hibbert]