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≡Dove’s Guide for Church Bell Ringers
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Alfred Bowell
LocationIpswich
DatesActive 1896–1939
Bells in the Dove Bell Register
Number of bells306
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  • Chart by year
Earliest bellOld Newton, Suffolk, S Mary: 4 of 5
Cast in 1896List earliest bells
Latest bellDoddington, Cambridgeshire, S Mary: 6 of 6 (Jointly)
Cast in 1939List latest bells
Heaviest bellTurvey, Bedfordshire, All Saints: 8 of 8
Weighing 19–0–20List heaviest bells
Lightest bellHarlescott, Shropshire, Holy Spirit: 1 of chime
Weighing ½ cwtList lightest bells
Listed for preservation23 (7.5%)List listed bells
Number of part rings146
  • List all
  • Plot on map
Number of complete rings13
  • List rings
  • Plot on map
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 frames109
  • List all frames
Listed for preservation1 (0.9%)List listed frames
Earliest frameHaughley, Suffolk, S Mary V: 1 (Jointly)
Made in 1896List earliest frames
Latest frameBadingham, Suffolk, S John Bapt: 1 (Jointly)
Made in 1938List latest frames
Note that the Dove Bell Register does not list all frames.
Projects in the Dove Bell Register
Number of projects74
  • List all projects
Earliest projectWoodton, Norfolk, All Saints
1889List earliest projects
Latest projectLittle Hadham, Hertfordshire, S Cecilia
1939List latest projects
Note that the Dove Bell Register does not list all projects.
Update log
22/08/2022Overhauls took place until 1939 [Bowell's ledger]
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Content: Dove Team – Programming: Richard Smith & Sid Baldwin.
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