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Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Minster Ch of S Michael & All Angels & S Benedict Biscop, Bishopwearmouth
Place Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth
Minster Ch of S Michael & All Angels & S Benedict Biscop
or Bishopwearmouth
Shown in county lists as Sunderland, Minster
Metropolitan borough City of Sunderland
Lieutenancy area Tyne and Wear
Country England
Historic county Durham
Dove tower ID 15838
Rings 10 (full-circle ring), tenor 12–2–7 in GSee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference NZ392569
Latitude & longitude 54.90575, -1.38917View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode SR1 3ET
Diocese Durham
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 4353
Also Toilet
Affiliation Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 97 performances here, of which 66 were peals and 9 were in the last two years
Ring of 10, tenor 12–2–7 in G
Bells 10 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 12–2–7 (1407 lb or 638 kg) in G (776.0 Hz)
All rings
1012–2–7 in G10 as tenor
65–2–22 in D6 as tenor
Practices Mon
Overhauled
2012 by Fred Pembleton
Peals View 253 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–1–271930.4B23.19″2009Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
23–3–131736.3A24.44″2009Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
34–0–15G25.13″1932Mears & StainbankF4FC
44–2–16F♯26.38″1932Mears & StainbankF4FC
54–3–2E28.00″1932Mears & StainbankF4FC
65–2–22D29.75″1932Mears & StainbankF4FC
76–0–1C31.75″1932Mears & StainbankF4FC
87–0–23B33.00″1932Mears & StainbankF4FC
98–2–9A35.75″1932Mears & StainbankF4FC
1012–2–7776.0G41.00″1932Mears & StainbankF4FC
Source: James Hedgcock(twr board); Mike Chester; RW2012/1277
Contributed by: [James Hedgcock]
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
23,5,8,92012MetalFred Pembleton
11,2,4,6,7,102012MetalFred Pembleton
Update log
04/01/20221-2: nominal added [Nigel Taylor's personal tuning records via David Sloman]
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