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Allesley, West Midlands, All Saints
Place Allesley
All Saints
Metropolitan borough City of Coventry
Lieutenancy area West Midlands
Country England
Historic county Warwickshire
Dove tower ID 13782
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 12–0–0 in A♭See below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 4See below
Grid reference SP301806
Latitude & longitude 52.42306, -1.55765View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long A suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 52.42336, -1.55855
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Postcode CV5 9ES
Diocese Coventry
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 3665
Also Toilet
URL http://warksbells.co.uk/allesley/
Affiliation Coventry Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 227 performances here, of which 96 were peals and 8 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 12–0–0 in A♭
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 12–0–0 (1344 lb or 610 kg) in A♭ (808.5 Hz)
Practices Tue
Projects & overhauls
2016 by John Taylor & Co
C18th 6th (-> clk bell) replaced by one ex Bury HT
1946 by John Taylor & Co (major overhaul)
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Peals View 289 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–0–231619.5A♭23.50″1946John Taylor & CoFNFC
23–2–01529.5G24.50″1946John Taylor & CoFNFC
33–1–211358.0F25.50″2011John Taylor & CoFNFC
43–3–211214.0E♭26.88″2011John Taylor & CoFNFC
55–0–271077.5D♭30.00″1901John Taylor & CoFNFC
6 [1]6–2–131019.7C32.50″1907John Taylor & CoFNFC
78–0–21906.5B♭35.75″1610Robert III, Thomas III & Wm NewcombeR4FC
812–0–0808.5A♭40.25″1901John Taylor & CoFNFC
Source: M Chester; W Hibbert; A Higson; C Pickford; D Kelly; TimJ
Contributed by: Mike Chester
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Clock5–3–271016.5C32.00″1708Joseph SmithR4
Service3–3–81202.5E♭26.50″1580†Thomas II NewcombeR4
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
23,41947Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.A.h
– 2.1Service2011SteelJohn Taylor & Co8.1.A
– 2.2Clock2017SteelJohn Taylor & Co8.1.A
11,2,5,6,7,81901Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.C.e6.4
Frame modifications:
Frame 1: 1947 by John Taylor & Co
Contributed by: Chris Pickford; Tim Jackson
Notes

[1]Bell history

Bell 6/8 was previously bell 1/1 at Bury, Holy Trinity, Lancashire

Published: 17/05/2025

Update log
17/05/20256: history note added [Keith Chambers, DAC Bells Advisor, Coventry Diocese]
11/11/2024Ringing restarted on November 5th 2024 [Mike Chester #007677]
23/09/2024Further delay noted [Mike Chester #007502]
12/08/2024Ringing suspended temporarily [Mike Chester, tower captain #007273]
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