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All projects and events for ring

This page lists all projects that the Dove Team have been told about. There are separate lists of current projects and recently completed projects.
Click on place name for details of all bells in the tower. Click on the header to order by that field. See also the help page.
#CompletedTowerDescriptionContractor
11996Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Ch of Holy TrinityRemains of cast in crown staples removed from bells 5, 6, 11 and 12; clappers of these four bells overhauledNicholson Engineering Ltd
21991Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Ch of Holy TrinityGeneral overhaul, including replacement of gudgeons and bearingsWhitechapel Bell Foundry
31976Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Ch of Holy TrinityThe former 6th bell was scrapped and the two preserved trebles from 1904 melted down and recast into a flat sixth bell, which was hung in a new metal low-sided frame extensionJohn Taylor & Co
41932Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Ch of Holy TrinityThe 6th bell was retired and a new bell cast in its place. The frame was extended with two wooden pits on the eastern side and the whole frame strengthened with new grillage of rolled steel joists. Four new trebles cast to augment the bells to twelve; the 1904 trebles of the ten were preserved on a stand in the belfry with the former 6th. The new trebles were provided with cast iron headstocks and ball bearings; the heaviest eight were rehung on ball bearings and provided with new independent crown staples on their original headstocksJohn Taylor & Co
51904Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Ch of Holy TrinityAugmented to ten with two new trebles, supplied with all new fittings. The wheels of the back eight were replaced.Llewellins & James
61885Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Ch of Holy TrinityThe bells were rehung in a new timber frame for ten bells, the 3rd (of eight) being recast. The heaviest five bells had their canons removed, and all the bells were rehung on new fittings, including wooden headstocks, plain bearings, and plate gudgeonsJohn Taylor & Co
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