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Willington, Durham, S Stephen
Place Willington
S Stephen
Unitary authority Durham
Lieutenancy area Durham
Country England
Historic county Durham
Dove tower ID 10094
Rings 5 (full-circle ring), tenor 12 cwt in GSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference NZ209351
Latitude & longitude 54.71077, -1.67709View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode DL15 0DE
Diocese Durham
Church Church of England
Listed grade II by Historic England
Church heritage record 4387
Also Toilet
URL https://northeastbells.co.uk/willington/
Affiliation Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 24 performances here, of which 4 were peals and none were in the last two years
Ring of 5, tenor 12 cwt in G
Bells 5 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 12 cwt (~1300 lb or ~600 kg) in G (793.5 Hz)
Projects & overhauls
2007 by Local labour/guild/assn (major overhaul)
1866 by Naylor, Vickers & Co (ring created)
Ring installed
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Peals View 4 peals in the Felstead Database
Additional information Steel bells
Ellacombe apparatus
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14 cwt1163.0D31.10″1865†Naylor, Vickers & CoBNFC
25 cwt1066.0C33.85″1865†Naylor, Vickers & CoBNFC
35 cwt1026.0B33.85″1865†Naylor, Vickers & CoBNFC
47 cwt871.5A38.00″1863†Naylor, Vickers & CoBNFC
512 cwt793.5G42.72″1866†Naylor, Vickers & CoBNFC
Source: GAD; TimJ(D Kelly;#275); B Hibbert; D Sloman(CBC); HEJ Smith
Contributed by: George Dawson
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5Timber5.12
Update log
08/09/2023Frame Fr1: material added [Bells of the North-East of England website via Nick Green #005608]
07/09/2023Frame Fr1 added [Benjamin Vallejo, citing Bells of the North-East of England website: https://northeastbells.co.uk/willington/]
16/08/2021Ellacombe added [Mike Chester]
15/05/20201-4: date amended [Howard Smith via e-mail]
18/04/20201-4: (app) wt added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
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