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Projects by Mears & Stainbank

This page lists all projects by Mears & Stainbank that the Dove Team have been told about.
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.
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11969Lambourn, Berkshire, S Michael & All Angels
21968Elsenham, Essex, S Mary Vhung dead on two parallel steel girders
31968Kemerton, Worcestershire, S NicholasNew fittings including cast iron stocks and ball bearingsC J Pickford
41968Kingston St Mary, Somerset, Blessed Virgin Mary
51968Overton, Hampshire, S MaryBells were tuned to Old Concert Pitch (OCP)
61968Thetford, Norfolk, S Mary LessThe original belfry stage was removed entirely and the treble and 2nd were sent back to Whitechapel to join the 5th which was still sitting in the foundry yard.RW 22/29 Dec 2006 David Cawley
71967Bredgar, Kent, S John BaptThe tenor was scrapped and the Lydian ring of 5 bells was retuned into a diatonic scale and rehung with 2 new trebles to form a ring of 6 in a new frame.CB Kent, Dickon Love
81967Danbury, Essex, S John BaptRing installed
91967Midhurst, West Sussex, S Mary Magd & S DenisBells were tuned and rehung with mainly new fittings in the existing frame
101967Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, Holy Crosshung deadChris Pickford
111967Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Smith CollegeRing installed
121967Shebbear, Devon, S Michael
131967Wymondham, Norfolk, Abbey Ch of S Mary V & S Thomas a BecketRing installed
141966Corsley, Wiltshire, S Margaret of Antioch
151966Drayton, Norfolk, S MargaretRing installed
161966East Malling, Kent, S James Gt
171966Easthampstead, Berkshire, S Michael & S Mary MagdRing installed
181966Fawley, Hampshire, All Saints
191966Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, S AndrewRing installed
201966Sevenoaks, Kent, S NicholasRing installed
211966Troston, Suffolk, S MaryCanons removed, tuned, bells returned with only the tenor hung dead
221965Aisholt, Somerset, All SaintsThe cracked tenor was scrapped and the front three bells tuned and rehung for chiming only.Keltek
231965Billingshurst, West Sussex, S Mary VRing installed
241965Bredon's Norton, Worcestershire, Chapel of Ease
251965Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, S AndrewThe ring of 6 was broken up. The metal went towards creating a new chime of 6 bells.RW 4 Feb 1966
261965Penwortham, Lancashire, S MaryRing installed
271965Puddletown, Dorset, S Mary Vnew independent clapper staples and ball bearings fitted
281964Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, Cath Ch of S PaulRing installed
291964Merstham, Surrey, S Katharine
301964Radlett, Hertfordshire, Christ ChurchRing installed
311964Stepney, Greater London, S George in the EastRing installed
321963Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire, S AndrewFormerly hung for full-circle ringing, the cracked tenor was recast and the bells rehung for lever-chiming in the existing frame
331963Hayes, Greater London, S Mary V
341963Lee, Greater London, S Margaret of AntiochRing installed
351963Lee, Greater London, S Margaret of AntiochThe ring of 8 was scrapped and a new chime of 16 cast from the metal.CB Kent, Dickon Love
361963Lilleshall, Shropshire, S Michael & All Angels
371963Martlesham, Suffolk, S Mary VTenor recastWhitechapel records
381963Southgate, Greater London, Christ Church
391962Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Cath Ch of S GeorgeRing cast and installed as a chime in the cathedral car park.RW 6000 p373; RW 1979 p127, p631.
401962Colchester, Essex, All Saints, Shrub EndRing installed
41c 1962Combe, Berkshire, S Swithinformer ring of three, converted to a chimeTim Jackson
421962Cutcombe, Somerset, S John Ev
431962Eye, Suffolk, S Peter & S PaulBell rehung in old frame
441962Galleywood, Essex, S Michael & All Angels
451962Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Minster Ch of S James
461962Groton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Groton School ChapelRing installed
471962Heydon, Cambridgeshire, Holy TrinityRing installed
481962North Elmham, Norfolk, S MaryRing installed
491962Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Cath Ch of S Peter & S PaulRing installed
501961Bodiam, East Sussex, S GilesRing installed
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