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Canterbury, Kent, Cath & Metropolitical Ch of Christ
Place Canterbury
Cath & Metropolitical Ch of Christ
Shown in county lists as Canterbury Cath
Lieutenancy area Kent
Country England
Historic county Kent
Dove tower ID 12513
Rings 12 (full-circle ring), tenor 34–3–4 in C♯See below
6 (clock chime), hour bell 62–2–9 in BSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 5See below
Grid reference TR150579
Latitude & longitude 51.27968, 1.08182View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long A suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 51.27817, 1.08480
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Postcode CT1 2EA
Diocese Canterbury
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 1527
URLs http://kent.lovesguide.com/tower.php?id=35
https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/worship/bell-ringing-times/
http://www.inspirewebdesign.com/ringsof12/tower_details.asp?towerid=13
Affiliation Kent County Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 888 performances here, of which 103 were peals and 87 were in the last two years
Ring of 12, tenor 34–3–4 in C♯ : Oxford Tower (SW)
Bells 12 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 34–3–4 (3896 lb or 1767 kg) in C♯ (554.0 Hz)
Extra bells an extra treble and 6♭
All rings
1234–3–4 in C♯12 as tenor
1015–0–8 in F♯9 as tenor, using 6♭ and 0extra
610–3–26 in G♯8 as tenor
67–3–16 in C♯5 as tenor, using 0extra
Practices Thu (with exceptions)
Projects & events 1List
Peals View 228 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
16–0–21663.0G♯27.25″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
26–2–21482.0F♯28.75″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
36–2–201399.0E♯29.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
47–0–121245.0D♯31.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
57–3–161108.5C♯32.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
68–0–121046.5B♯33.25″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
78–3–24932.0A♯35.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
810–3–26830.0G♯38.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
915–0–8740.0F♯42.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFYFC
1017–3–20698.5E♯45.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
1124–2–10622.0D♯50.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
1234–3–4554.0C♯56.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
0extra5–2–51866.0A♯26.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
6♭8–1–16988.0B34.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
Source: J Hedgcock(A Oakley); R Offen; P Denton; C Pickford; N Taylor; TimJ(DLC; REMRKS#253/255/271; B Stone)
Contributed by: [James Hedgcock]
Clock chime, hour bell 62–2–9 in B : Arundel Tower (NW)
Bells 6 (clock chime)Edit details
Hour bell 62–2–9 (7009 lb or 3179 kg) in B (494.0 Hz)
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Quarter 16–3–01110.0C♯32.00″1802Thomas I MearsRYD
Quarter 26–3–4988.0B33.75″1855Charles & George MearsRYD
Quarter 37–3–21932.0A♯35.63″1726Samuel KnightRYD
Quarter 48–1–24831.0G♯37.25″1726Samuel KnightRYD
Quarter 59–2–2740.0F♯39.50″1855Charles & George MearsRYD
Bourdon62–2–9494.0B69.00″1762Lester & PackYYS
Other bells : Bell Harry Tower (Central)
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Bell Harry8–0–0939.0B♭36.25″1635Joseph HatchY4D
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
7Bell Harry1975SteelLocal labour/guild/assn8.1.A
5Quarter 1,Quarter 2,Quarter 3,Quarter 4,Quarter 51981SteelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.1.A.b
4Bourdon1981SteelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.1.B.c
28,0extra,6b of 121981SteelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.1.B.a
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 of 121981SteelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.1.F.e
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Update log
21/04/20249: turning amended; 10: weight amended [Nigel Taylor from personal tuning records (weight). Richard Offen, from local knowledge (turning)]
24/04/2023Project added [Whites of Appleton website, 2022 projects]
10/07/2022URL added [Dickon R Love]
15/03/2021Labelling of the 3 towers
28/12/2020Bell Harry: nominal added. [Cathedral youtube video posted 9/4/2020 via Bill Hibbert]
22/03/2020Bdn: welded(canons) [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
15/03/20201-11,0e,6b,Q1-Q5,Bdn: nominal added; 12: nominal amended; [Nigel Taylor via 00013652]
15/03/2020Q3,Q4,Bdn: diam amended [Nigel Taylor via 00013652]
30/11/2019Bdn,Hry: frameid amended [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
30/11/2019Q1-Q5: frameid amended; fr5,fr6: info added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
30/11/2019fr9: date,material,maker added,truss amended [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
15/11/2019fr1,fr2: truss added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
11/04/2019QP rung today implying that suspension period is over [J Hedgcock via e-mail]
07/03/2019Tower work being undertaken: ringing likely to be impaired [JCB: info on revised Cath ringers' website via www]
07/03/2019URL amended [Previous URL 'not found' via JCB]
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