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Bristol, City of Bristol, S Stephen M
Place Bristol
S Stephen M
Shown in county lists as Bristol, S Stephen
Unitary authority City of Bristol
Lieutenancy area City of Bristol
Country England
Historic county Gloucestershire
Dove tower ID 12993
Rings 12 (full-circle ring), tenor 19–1–17 in ESee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 3See below
Grid reference ST586729
Latitude & longitude 51.45418, -2.59625View 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 1EQ
Diocese Bristol
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 1366
URLs http://bristolbells.weebly.com/st-stephen.html
http://www.inspirewebdesign.com/ringsof12/tower_details.asp?towerid=9
https://www.bellsgandb.org.uk/cgi-bin/makepage.cgi?b=1#12
Affiliation Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoardCustomise
As of last night, BellBoard listed 549 performances here, of which 444 were peals and 11 were in the last two years
Ring of 12, tenor 19–1–17 in E
Bells 12 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 19–1–17 (2173 lb or 986 kg) in E (654.0 Hz)
Extra bells 2♯
All rings
1219–1–17 in E12 as tenor
87–0–22 in B8 as tenor, using 2♯
Practices Mon (exc Bank Hols)
Peals View 713 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightFrequencyNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–0–01960.0B22.00″1970John Taylor & CoFNFC
23–0–101746.0A23.13″1970John Taylor & CoFNFC
33–1–121648.0G♯23.75″1970John Taylor & CoFNFC
44–0–41467.0F♯26.00″1970John Taylor & CoFNFC
55–0–151308.0E28.25″1970John Taylor & CoFNFC
66–0–61234.0D♯30.63″1759Abel RudhallRFC
76–1–201100.0C♯32.50″1759Abel RudhallRFC
87–0–22981.0B34.00″1759Abel RudhallRFC
97–2–21874.0A36.00″1759Abel RudhallRFC
108–3–19826.0G♯38.00″1759Abel RudhallRFC
1113–1–2736.0F♯42.88″1759Abel RudhallRFC
1219–1–17654.0E48.63″1759Abel RudhallRFC
2♯3–0–101851.0A♯22.50″2005John Taylor Bellfounders LtdFNFC
Source: A Higson; CBC; P Pratt; JCB; TimJ(REMRKS269)
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightFrequencyNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Sanctus23.94″c1400†Bristol foundryYU
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
27, 81970Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.A.h2.X2
– 2.12#2005SteelNicholson Engineering Ltd
11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 121970Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.C.e10
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Update log
26/03/2025PN amended [Phil Moyse #008412]
23/12/2020fr1,fr2: date amended,truss,layout added; fr2A: material added [Peter Hayward via e-mail]
14/03/20201-5,2#: turning added; fr1,fr2: material added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
01/10/2019URL added [N Bowden via e-mail]
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