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Dorton, Buckinghamshire, S John Bapt
Place Dorton
S John Bapt
Unitary authority Buckinghamshire
Lieutenancy area Buckinghamshire
Country England
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Dove tower ID 16559
Rings 3 (full-circle ring), tenor 7 cwt in BSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SP678139
Latitude & longitude 51.81999, -1.01663View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode HP18 9NG
Diocese Oxford
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 9836
URL https://cbucks.odg.org.uk/wordpress/towers/3-bells/dorton
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
Ring of 3, tenor 7 cwt in B
Bells 3 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 7 cwt (784 lb or ~360 kg) in B (996.0 Hz)
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
Additional information Anticlockwise
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–2–261283.0D♯30.00″1828W & J TaylorYNFC
26 cwt1109.0C♯31.25″1626Robert AttonR4FC
37 cwt996.0B34.00″1604†Bartholomew AttonY4FC
Source: P Davies(Cocks;Hearn); CBC; TimJ; C Pickford; JCB(Smith BucksBB)
Contributed by: [Peter Davies]
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Sanctus10.50″? Richard Keene
Details of frame
Frame Bells Year Material Maker Truss Layout
1 1,2,3 c1630 Timber Unidentified 5.A 3.1
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Update log
31/05/2019 1-3: frameid,turning added; frame info added [John Baldwin via database]
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