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London, City of London, S James Garlickhythe
Place London
S James Garlickhythe
Shown in county lists as London, S James Garlickhythe
Lieutenancy area City of London
Country England
Historic county Middlesex
Dove tower ID 16578
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 9–1–25 in G♯See below
3 (clock chime), hour bell 6–1–14 in C♯See below
Frames 3See below
Grid reference TQ323808
Latitude & longitude 51.51105, -0.09387View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode EC4V 2AF
Diocese London
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 7573
Also Toilet
URLs http://london.lovesguide.com/tower.php?id=738
https://www.bellringing.london/st-james-garlickhythe-garlick-hill/
Affiliation Middlesex County Association and London Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 493 performances here, of which 276 were peals and 108 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 9–1–25 in G♯ : The Royal Jubilee Bells
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 9–1–25 (1061 lb or 481 kg) in G♯ (828.7 Hz)
Practices Thu 18:30
Projects & events 1List
Peals View 275 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–0–211657.4G♯23.63″2012Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
23–1–81557.0F𝄪24.25″2012Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
33–2–21388.8E♯25.38″2012Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
44–0–111240.2D♯27.25″2012Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
54–2–111106.2C♯29.25″2012Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
65–1–221039.1B♯30.25″2012Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
77–0–12928.0A♯33.25″2012Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
89–1–25828.7G♯37.00″2012Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
Source: D Love; P Denton(CBC); J Hedgcock; TimJ
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Clock chime, hour bell 6–1–14 in C♯
Bells 3 (clock chime)Edit details
Hour bell 6–1–14 (714 lb or 324 kg) in C♯ (1111.0 Hz)
Tuned 1988
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Quarter 11–1–251270.0D♯19.38″1686†William & Philip WightmanYD
Quarter 22–0–171488.0F♯22.00″1682†James BartletYD
Hour6–1–141111.0C♯32.00″1700†Philip WightmanYS
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
2AHour1700Timber6.A & 6.Q1
2BQuarter 1,Quarter 2Timber
1 [1]1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 of 82012Cast ironWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.3.A.h~ 8.3
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Notes

[1]Nature of frame layout variation

Pits E and F are shifted left with respect to the diagram to allow space under pit D (for the corner staircase), jutting out beyond pit H.

Published: 22/04/2022

Update log
12/01/2023Bells now ringable following replacement gudgeons on bells 1,2 and 6. [Dickon R Love, Tower Capt]
02/09/2022Ringing suspended while a broken gudgeon is repaired [Dickon R Love]
24/04/2022Fr2A: trusses and year added [Dickon R Love]
22/04/2022Fr1: layout amended, noted to be a variant, detailed in the frame note [Dickon R Love]
18/04/2021Clock bells tuned in 1988 [Dickon Love]
05/02/2020URL amended [TimJ (#263) via URLbad]
16/06/2019fr1: material,truss added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
03/03/20191-8: turning added [[James Hedgcock] via e-mail]
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