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≡Dove’s Guide for Church Bell Ringers
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Thomas Osborn
LocationSt Neots, Downham Market
DatesActive 1779–1806
Bells in the Dove Bell Register
Number of bells259
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  • Chart by year
Earliest bellHilgay, Norfolk, All Saints: 1 of 8 (Jointly)
Cast in 1779List earliest bells
Latest bellMarch, Cambridgeshire, S Wendreda: 2 of 6 (Jointly)
Cast in 1802List latest bells
Heaviest bellBury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Cath Ch of S James & S Edmund: 12 of 12
Weighing 27–2–5List heaviest bells
Lightest bellCambridge, Cambridgeshire, S Clement: Demonstration
Weighing ¾ cwtList lightest bells
Listed for preservation8 (3.1%)List listed bells
Number of part rings100
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Number of complete rings12
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Full-circle rings of three or more where all bells (except any semitones) were cast by the same founder regardless of date
Note that the Dove Bell Register does not list all bells by the founder. Read more about the scope of Dove…
Frames in the Dove Bell Register
Number of frames1
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Listed for preservation0
Earliest frameTimberland, Lincolnshire, S Andrew: 1
Made in 1789List earliest frames
Latest frameTimberland, Lincolnshire, S Andrew: 1
Made in 1789List latest frames
Note that the Dove Bell Register does not list all frames.
Projects in the Dove Bell Register
Number of projects25
  • List all projects
Earliest projectBury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Cath Ch of S James & S Edmund
1785List earliest projects
Latest projectMarch, Cambridgeshire, S Wendreda
1802List latest projects
Note that the Dove Bell Register does not list all projects.
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