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Bristol, City of Bristol, Cath Ch of Holy & Undivided Trinity
Place Bristol
Cath Ch of Holy & Undivided Trinity
Shown in county lists as Bristol Cath
Unitary authority City of Bristol
Lieutenancy area City of Bristol
Country England
Historic county Gloucestershire
Dove tower ID 10300
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 21–0–1 in E♭See below
3 (clock chime), hour bell 20 cwt in ESee below
Other bellsSee below
Grid reference ST583727
Latitude & longitude 51.45179, -2.60132View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode BS1 5TJ
Diocese Bristol
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 1322
Also Toilet
URLs http://bristolbells.weebly.com/cathedral.html
https://bristolbells.weebly.com/cathedral-central-tower.html
https://www.bellsgandb.org.uk/cgi-bin/makepage.cgi?b=1#4
Affiliation Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 510 performances here, of which 312 were peals and 42 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 21–0–1 in E♭
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 21–0–1 (2353 lb or 1067 kg) in E♭ (616.0 Hz)
Practices Fri (3rd: with exceptions)
Overhauled
1958 by John Taylor & Co
Peals View 640 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
18–2–81233.0E♭33.38″1726Thomas I BilbieRFC
28–1–81163.0D33.50″1726Thomas I BilbieRFC
38–3–241036.0C34.63″1658William III & Richard II PurdueRFC
48–1–24922.0B♭36.38″1740Thomas I BilbieRFC
510–1–0822.0A♭38.50″1887John Taylor & CoRFC
610–3–10777.0G39.38″1887John Taylor & CoRFC
713–3–12690.5F43.63″1887John Taylor & CoFFC
821–0–1616.0E♭49.00″1887John Taylor & CoFFC
Source: N Bowden; A Higson
Contributed by: Nick Bowden
Clock chime, hour bell 20 cwt in E
Bells 3 (clock chime)Edit details
Hour bell 20 cwt (~2200 lb or ~1000 kg) in E (642.0 Hz)
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Quarter 15 cwt1376.0F28.50″c1510†Thomas GefferiesY4D
Quarter 28 cwt1081.0D♭35.50″c1300†(unidentified)Y4D
Hour20 cwt642.0E48.25″1670†Roger II PurdueRFC
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Service6 cwt1240.0E♭31.50″c1480†J WhiteY4D
Update log
24/10/2024Q1, Q2, Service: turning added; Hour, Q1, Q2, Service: hanging type added [Dylan Thomas citing https://bristolbells.weebly.com/cathedral-central-tower.html #007629/30]
01/10/2019URL amended (from www.bristolringing.co.uk ) [N Bowden via e-mail]
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