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Nayland, Suffolk, S James
Place Nayland
S James
Lieutenancy area Suffolk
Country England
Historic county Suffolk
Dove tower ID 14616
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 15–0–20 in FSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference TL975342
Latitude & longitude 51.97127, 0.87455View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode CO6 4JH
Diocese St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 11611
URL http://www.suffolkbells.org.uk/towers/nayland1.php
Affiliation Suffolk Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 32 performances here, of which 6 were peals and none were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 15–0–20 in F
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 15–0–20 (1700 lb or 771 kg) in F (687.0 Hz)
Practices Tue
Overhauled
1839 by Thomas & Joshua Hurry
Bells were rehung in a new frame and were re-opened 23 Sep 1839
1810 by John Naunton
Bells were rehung. Nayland already had six bells prior to 1810 and so the treble was either recast or replaced
Peals View 24 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–2–161156.0D28.50″1963John Taylor & CoFNFC
25–1–121030.0C31.25″1698Henry PleasantRXFC
37–0–23914.0B♭35.00″1733Thomas GardinerR8FC
49–3–11865.0A38.25″1789William & Thomas MearsR8FC
512–1–6770.0G41.25″1636Miles I GrayeR4FC
615–0–20687.0F44.88″1605†James EdburyR8FC
Source: A Higson; P Denton(RWMC)
Contributed by: Andrew Higson
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Clock<2–2–131480.0F♯23.63″1764(unidentified)RN
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
24,Clock1972Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.A.h2.X2
11,2,3,5,61972Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.C.e5.12
Contributed by: Philip Denton
Update log
23/12/20231810 overhaul description amended; 1839 overhaul added [John Eisel, citing several sources including advert in Ipswich Journal dated Sat 21 June 1755 for a ringing competition on six bells to be held on Mon 7 July 1755 and John Eisel, citing several sources including report from Ipswich Journal dated 5 Oct 1839]
12/09/2022Overhaul added [Newspaper- Ipswich Journal 10/11/1810 via Neal Dodge]
25/07/2022Fr2: layout added [RWMC inspection (1972) via Neal Dodge]
05/01/20194: founder amended [Philip Denton via 00013212]
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