✖
  • Home
  • About Dove
  • Towers
  • Frames
  • Bells
  • Founders
  • Projects
  • Site Map
  • Help
≡ Dove’s Guide for Church Bell Ringers
⚲
✖
Bushey, Hertfordshire, S James
Place Bushey
S James
Lieutenancy area Hertfordshire
Country England
Dove tower ID 13627
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 13–0–11 in F♯See below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TQ130952
Latitude & longitude 51.64432, -0.36803View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode WD23 3DN
Diocese St Albans
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
URL http://www.hcacr.org.uk/watford/bushey/index.html
Affiliation Hertford County Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
Ring of 8, tenor 13–0–11 in F♯
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 13–0–11 (1467 lb or 665 kg) in F♯ (733.2 Hz)
Practice Thu (exc 1st)
Overhauled
2015 by Whites of Appleton
Tenor recast (WBF); all exc 7 tuned; rehung in new frame
1970
Tuned 2015
Peals View 996 peals in the Felstead Database
Bell Weight Nominal Note Diameter Dated Founder Canons Turning
1 4–1–8 1468.0 F♯ 25.56" 1889 John Warner & Sons R 8
2 4–1–7 1376.0 E♯ 26.63" 1889 John Warner & Sons R 8
3 4–1–26 1229.0 D♯ 27.94" 1887 John Warner & Sons R 8
4 5–2–13 1097.0 C♯ 30.00" 1887 John Warner & Sons R 8
5 6–2–25 980.0 B 33.13" 1664 William I Eldridge Y 8
6 8–2–22 919.0 A♯ 35.38" 1664 William I Eldridge Y 8
7 9–3–14 821.0 G♯ 38.38" c1450† Roger Landen R X
8 13–0–11 733.2 F♯ 41.69" 2015 Whitechapel Bell Foundry F N
Source: HCA; R Bickerton(Dodds,Herts); CBC; M Walker; M Chester
Contributed by: Ian Cresshull
Details of frame
Frame Bells Year Material Maker Truss Layout
1 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 2015 Cast iron Whites of Appleton 8.3.A.h 8.3
Contributed by: Mike Chester
Update log
04/01/2022 1-6,8: diameter amended [Nigel Taylor's personal tuning records via David Sloman]
See full public log
Copyright © 2003–2022 Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
Content: Dove Team — Programming: Sid Baldwin & Richard Smith.
Download data
Admin Login   Acknowledgements