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Thelnetham, Suffolk, S Nicholas
Place Thelnetham
S Nicholas
Lieutenancy area Suffolk
Country England
Historic county Suffolk
Dove tower ID 10857
Rings 5 (full-circle ring), tenor 9 cwt in ASee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TM018783
Latitude & longitude 52.36558, 0.96326View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode IP22 1JY
Diocese St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 11761
URL http://www.suffolkbells.org.uk/towers/thelnetham1.php
Affiliation Suffolk Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 10 performances here, of which 2 were peals and 1 was in the last two years
Ring of 5, tenor 9 cwt in A
Bells 5 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 9 cwt (~1010 lb or ~460 kg) in A (887.0 Hz)
Overhauled
1858 by George T Bloomfield
Bells rehung
Peals View 6 peals in the Felstead Database
Additional information Ellacombe apparatus
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13½ cwt1342.0E25.13″1748Thomas LesterY4FC
23–3–221205.0D27.13″1907Mears & StainbankDNFC
34–0–241125.0C♯28.19″1907Mears & StainbankDNFC
46 cwt1012.0B31.38″1640John II BrendYNFC
59 cwt887.0A36.00″1729Thomas GardinerY4FC
Source: Raven; Dove tenor wt; SGR website; P Denton(RWMC)
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
ex45¼ cwt987.0B30.75″1603John DraperY4
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,51907OakMears & Stainbank6.A6.1
Contributed by: Philip Denton
Notes

[1]Origin of Fourth

The cracked 1603 bell was replaced by the single bell from the redundant church at Shipmeadow in the late 1980’s and hung by Whitechapel in canon retaining headstock on ball bearings. Source- Ranald Clouston papers

Published: 18/09/2022; updated: 18/09/2022

Update log
03/12/2022Overhaul added [Bury Free Press - Saturday 16 October 1858 via Neal Dodge]
18/09/2022Ellacombe added [Neal Dodge]
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