✖
  • Home
  • About Dove
  • Towers
  • Bells
  • Founders
  • Projects
  • Site Map
  • Help
≡ Dove’s Guide for Church Bell Ringers
⚲
✖
S Mary, Offton, Suffolk
Place Offton
S Mary
Grid reference TM066496
Postcode IP8 4RP
Latitude & longitude 52.10643, 1.01554Locate using Google Map or OS Map or OpenStreetMap
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Lieutenancy area Suffolk
Country England
Diocese St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Rings 8 (full circle ring), tenor 8-1-18 in ASee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 2See below
Also Toilet
URL http://www.suffolkbells.org.uk/towers/offton1.php
Affiliation Suffolk Guild
Dove tower ID 13140
Ring of 8, tenor 8-1-18 in A
Bells 8 (full circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 8-1-18 (942 lb or 427 kg) in A (878.0 Hz)
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
Practice Tue
Peals View 93 peals in the Felstead Database
Bell Weight Nominal Note Diameter Dated Founder Canons Turning
1 2-2-14 1778.0 A 22.00" 1983 John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd F N
2 2-3-10 1676.0 G♯ 23.00" 1983 John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd F N
3 3-0-18 1491.0 F♯ 24.00" 1958 John Taylor & Co F N
4 3-2-3 1326.0 E 26.00" 1733 Thomas Gardiner Y
5 3-3-23 1179.0 D 27.50" 1700 Henry Pleasant Y
6 4-1-19 1110.2 C♯ 28.25" 2017 John Taylor & Co F N
7 4-2-20 988.0 B 30.75" 1667 John Darbie R
8 8-1-18 878.0 A 36.13" 1700 Henry Pleasant Y
Source: A Higson; CBC; D Potter(JTco); P Mason; P Denton
Contributed by: Andrew Higson
Other bells
Bells Edit details
Bell Weight Nominal Note Diameter Dated Founder Canons Turning
ex6 4-2-16 1111.0 C♯ 29.00" c1470† Bury St Edmunds foundry Y
Details of frames
Frame Bells Year Material Maker Truss Layout
2 3,4,5,6,7,8 of 8 1959 Cast iron John Taylor & Co 8.3.C.e 6.4
1 1,2 of 8 1983 Steel John Taylor & Co
Contributed by: Philip Denton
Last updated: 25/02/2019
Update log
25/02/2019 3-8,ex6: frameid amended; fr1,fr2: frame info added [Philip Denton via 00013319]
See full public log
Copyright © 2003–2021 Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
Content: Dove Team — Programming: Sid Baldwin & Richard Smith.
Download data
Admin Login   Acknowledgements