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Bristol, City of Bristol, S John on the Wall
Place Bristol
S John on the Wall
Shown in county lists as Bristol, S John on the Wall
Unitary authority City of Bristol
Lieutenancy area City of Bristol
Country England
Historic county Gloucestershire
Dove tower ID 11615
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 11 cwt in FSee below
Other bellsSee below
Grid reference ST587731
Latitude & longitude 51.45586, -2.59515View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode BS1 2EZ
Diocese Bristol
Ownership Churches Conservation Trust
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 15461
URLs http://bristolbells.weebly.com/st-john-on-the-wall.html
https://www.bellsgandb.org.uk/cgi-bin/makepage.cgi?b=1#7
Affiliation Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 429 performances here, of which 188 were peals and 35 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 11 cwt in F
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 11 cwt (~1230 lb or ~560 kg) in F (700.0 Hz)
Overhauled
2007 by Local labour/guild/assn
Peals View 187 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14¾ cwt1197.0D28.78″1706Abraham I RudhallYFC
24¾ cwt1058.0C29.72″1649William III & Richard II PurdueRFC
35¼ cwt967.5B♭32.10″1706Abraham I RudhallRFC
46¼ cwt901.5A33.86″1706Abraham I RudhallYFC
59½ cwt781.5G37.56″1649William III & Richard II PurdueRFC
611 cwt700.0F40.90″1649William III & Richard II PurdueRFC
Source: N Bowden; CBC; P Mason; Dove tenor wt
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Sanctus¾ cwt1918.0B♭16.97″1785†Jonas HillY
Update log
07/07/2024The work on the spire is complete and permission has been given to resume ringing [Matt Dawson, tower correspondent #007171]
28/02/2024CofE Diocese added [CHR]
20/06/2022Ringing suspended temporarily as an inspection has indicated that tower repairs are required [Matt Dawson (tower correspondent)]
01/10/2019URL added [N Bowden via e-mail]
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