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Brading, Isle of Wight, S Mary V
Place Brading
S Mary V
Unitary authority Isle of Wight
Lieutenancy area Isle of Wight
Country England
Historic county Hampshire
Dove tower ID 13247
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 9–3–19 in GSee below
1 (other bells)See below
Frames 3See below
Grid reference SZ606873
Latitude & longitude 50.68236, -1.14296View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode PO36 0ED
Diocese Portsmouth
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 10570
Also Toilet
URLs http://www.noyes.org.uk/iw/towers/brading.htm
https://www.wpbells.org/towers/brading/
Affiliation Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 179 performances here, of which 21 were peals and 8 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 9–3–19 in G
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 9–3–19 (1111 lb or 504 kg) in G (775.0 Hz)
Practices Thu 19:00
Projects & overhauls
1934 by Mears & Stainbank (major overhaul)
1887 by Mears & Stainbank (major overhaul)
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Peals View 55 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Simulator
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–2–11578.0G24.75″1887Mears & StainbankYNFC
23–3–71473.5F♯25.88″1887Mears & StainbankYNFC
34–1–221313.0E27.25″1887Mears & StainbankYNFC
44–3–271160.0D29.00″1887Mears & StainbankYNFC
55–3–11037.5C31.50″1887Mears & StainbankYNFC
66–2–0981.0B32.00″1709Clement II TosierY4FC
77–2–25873.0A35.13″1622†R Beconsall (or Ralph Brooke?)Y4FC
89–3–19775.0G38.63″1594†Anthony WakefieldY4FC
Source: M Chester(S Noyes website); CBC; TimJ(AN info;#303)
Contributed by: Mike Chester
Other bells
Bells 1 (other bells)Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Demonstration2697.0E12.00″c1880John Warner & SonsDNU
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
9TimberLocally manufactured6.A1
22,3,51887OakMears & Stainbank6.A3
11,4,6,7,81887OakMears & Stainbank6.A5.12 R
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Update log
25/07/2025Demonstration bell and its frame, previously shown at Shanklin, are normally resident at Brading [Kieran Downer, from local knowledge via REMRKS545]
16/07/2024PN time amended [Kieran Downer, local contact via REMRKS480]
06/02/2024Fr1: layout amended [Visited by Kye L Leaver & Dylan Thomas, 27/04/2023]
19/08/2021PN time now 19.30 [Kieran Downer]
03/10/2020fr1,fr2: truss,layout added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
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