Tower details: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, S Chad

Place	Shrewsbury S Chad Shown in county lists as Shrewsbury, S Chad
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Lieutenancy area	Shropshire
Country	England
Historic county	Shropshire
Dove tower ID	10593
Rings	12 (full-circle ring), tenor 39–2–7 in CSee below
Frames	4See below
Grid reference	SJ488124
Latitude & longitude	52.70718, -2.75881View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	SY1 1JX
Diocese	Lichfield
Church group	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	7249
URL	http://www.sacbr.org.uk/Towers/ShrewsburyStChad/ShrewsburyStChad.html
Affiliation	Shropshire Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard Customise As of last night, BellBoard listed 980 performances here, of which 97 were peals and 72 were in the last two years
Peal boards	No peal boards have been uploaded to BellBoard yet The Central Council is collecting photographs of all peal boards, and curating and uploading them to BellBoard. This includes material from earlier systems found here.

Bells

12 (full-circle ring)Edit details

Tenor

39–2–7 (4431 lb or 2010 kg) in C (518.5 Hz)

Extra bells

An extra treble and 6♭

All rings

12	39–2–7 in C	12 as tenor
10	16–1–19 in F	9 as tenor, using 6♭ and 0
6	11–2–6 in G	8 as tenor
6	6–0–5 in C	5 as tenor, using 0

Practices

Tue

Projects & overhauls

Whites of Appleton (not started)

Major maintenance

1914 by John Taylor & Co (ring created)

Ring installed

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Peals

View 202 peals in the Felstead Database

Additional information

ART Teaching Centre: Round the Wrekin Teaching Hub

Bell	Weight	Frequency	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
0	4–3–21	1747.3	A	26.00″	2000	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC
1	4–3–5	1558.0	G	25.63″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
2	5–0–1	1387.0	F	27.00″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
3	4–3–23	1306.0	E	28.00″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
4	5–1–15	1166.0	D	29.50″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
5	6–0–5	1039.0	C	31.50″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
6	6–3–10	978.0	B	33.00″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
7	8–1–18	872.0	A	36.13″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
8	11–2–6	774.0	G	40.00″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
9	16–1–19	692.5	F	45.00″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
10	20–0–0	652.0	E	48.25″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
11	28–2–8	583.0	D	53.25″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
12	39–2–7	518.5	C	60.00″	1914	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
6♭	7–1–22	922.2	B♭	34.00″	2000	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC

Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
2A	1	1962	Cast iron	John Taylor & Co	8.3.A.h	1
2B [1]	6b	2000	Steel	Locally manufactured	8.1.F	1
1 [2] [3]	0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11	1798	Timber	Edward Simmons	6, 6.B & 6.D	11.X ➔ 12.X
– 1.1	12	1914	Cast iron	John Taylor & Co	8.3.A.h	1

[1]Frame Fr2B maker

Fr2B was designed and erected by WBF but was manufactured locally in Shrewsbury. [Alan Glover]

Published: 18/10/2024; updated: 18/10/2024

[2]Frame Fr1 modifications

The original (1798) outer timber frame side for the tenor was replaced using a cast iron frame side in 1914. [Alan Glover]

Published: 14/03/2023; updated: 18/10/2024

[3]Non-standard truss

Frame Fr1 non-standard truss is like 6.D but with only one brace (and associated pair of jack braces) per frame side centred under the bearing. [Alan Glover]

Published: 29/03/2023; updated: 18/10/2024

24/03/2025	New project added [Marika Haseldine, Whites of Appleton]
29/03/2023	Frame Fr1: truss added [Alan Glover, local contact]
14/03/2023	Frames Fr1.1, Fr2A, Fr2B added; frame Fr1: mods, layout, resultant layout added; 1,12,6b: frame number amended [Alan Glover, local contact. See also: http://www.sacbr.org.uk/Towers/ShrewsburyStChad/ShrewsburyStChad.html]
15/12/2019	1-12,0e,6b: turning added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]