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Accrington, Lancashire, S James
Place Accrington
S James
Lieutenancy area Lancashire
Country England
Historic county Lancashire
Dove tower ID 10851
Rings 12 (full-circle ring), tenor 11–1–14 in GSee below
1 (other bells)See below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference SD759284
Latitude & longitude 53.75196, -2.36551View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode BB5 2ER
Diocese Blackburn
Church Church of England
Listed grade II by Historic England
Church heritage record 880
Also Toilet
URL http://www.inspirewebdesign.com/ringsof12/tower_details.asp?towerid=1
Affiliation Lancashire Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 317 performances here, of which 296 were peals and 18 were in the last two years
Ring of 12, tenor 11–1–14 in G
Bells 12 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 11–1–14 (1274 lb or 578 kg) in G (776.0 Hz)
All rings
1211–1–14 in G12 as tenor
64–1–14 in D8 as tenor
Practices Fri
Projects & overhauls
1953 by John Taylor & Co (ring created)
Ring installed
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Peals View 638 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
12–0–72372.0D19.00″1974John Taylor & CoFNFC
22–0–162107.0C20.00″1973John Taylor & CoFNFC
32–2–71992.0B21.13″1967John Taylor & CoFNFC
43–1–161771.0A23.00″1967John Taylor & CoFNFC
53–3–121574.0G24.50″1953John Taylor & CoFNFC
63–3–121485.0F♯24.88″1953John Taylor & CoFNFC
73–3–261318.0E26.00″1953John Taylor & CoFNFC
84–1–141173.0D28.00″1953John Taylor & CoFNFC
95–1–261043.0C30.38″1953John Taylor & CoFNFC
106–1–7982.5B32.00″1953John Taylor & CoFNFC
118–1–5873.0A35.38″1953John Taylor & CoFNFC
1211–1–14776.0G39.50″1953John Taylor & CoFNFC
Source: A Higson
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Other bells
Bells 1 (other bells)Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
11 cwt16.00″1790Robert BoltonYU
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
21,3,5,71967SteelJohn Taylor & Co8.1.A.b
12,4,6,8,9,10,11,121953Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.A.h8.3
Frame modifications:
Frame 2: 1973 by John Taylor & Co
Frame modified by the addition of steel trusses
Contributed by: Andrew Higson
Update log
09/04/2022Other (unhung) bell added [John Greenhough inspection 2011]
01/10/2019Indication of available toilet facility added [TimJ (REMRKS246; info M Fishwick) via e-mail]
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