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Swithland, Leicestershire, S Leonard
Place Swithland
S Leonard
Lieutenancy area Leicestershire
Country England
Historic county Leicestershire
Dove tower ID 12667
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 11–0–7 in GSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SK554128
Latitude & longitude 52.71027, -1.18017View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode LE12 8XZ
Diocese Leicester
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 6654
Also Toilet
Affiliation Leicester Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 29 performances here, of which 4 were peals and 5 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 11–0–7 in G
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 11–0–7 (1239 lb or 562 kg) in G (784.0 Hz)
Practices Thu 20:00
Overhauled
2019 by Whites of Appleton
Tuned; rehung on new ringing fittings in existing strengthened frame
Tuned 2019
Peals View 34 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–1–211311.7E26.50″1760Joseph EayreR8FC
24–3–101172.6D27.88″1760Joseph EayreR8FC
35–2–271048.3C31.13″1793Edward ArnoldR8FC
46–2–0981.0B31.94″1760Joseph EayreY8FC
57–2–15877.2A34.25″1760Joseph EayreY8FC
611–0–7784.0G39.25″1760Joseph EayreY8FC
Source: GAD; Exaudite(C Pickford); M Walker(WoA)
Contributed by: George Dawson
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,61920SteelE C Kemp & Co8.1.B.a6.13 R
Contributed by: Exaudite
Update log
22/03/2023Overhaul added [Whites of Appleton website, 2019 projects]
12/07/2019Tenor wt now 11-0-7 (rather than ~12cwt) [Mark Walker(WoA) via pNBR]
12/07/20191-6: wt,nominal,diam,turning amended [Mark Walker via 00013529]
10/07/2019Rehang completed [Graham Clifton (WofA) via e-mail]
11/02/2019Restoration / rehanging work (WofA) now in progress [Richard Bimson (pp Janet Beeby,Tower Captain) via e-mail]
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