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Cuckfield, West Sussex, Holy Trinity
Place Cuckfield
Holy Trinity
Lieutenancy area West Sussex
Country England
Historic county Sussex
Dove tower ID 11100
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 15 cwt in ESee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TQ303244
Latitude & longitude 51.00486, -0.14366View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode RH17 5LA
Diocese Chichester
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 3286
URL https://www.thebellsofsussex.co.uk/cuckfield-holy-trinity.html
Affiliation Sussex County Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 37 performances here, of which 17 were peals and none were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 15 cwt in E
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 15 cwt (~1700 lb or ~800 kg) in E (673.0 Hz)
Practices Thu
Peals View 132 peals in the Felstead Database
Additional information Seage apparatus present: not in working order
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
15 cwt1375.5E29.00″1815Thomas II MearsRMFC
25½ cwt1301.5D♯30.00″1815Thomas II MearsRMFC
36 cwt1166.5C♯32.00″1815Thomas II MearsRMFC
46½ cwt1036.5B33.50″1815Thomas II MearsRMFC
58 cwt905.5A35.50″1815Thomas II MearsRMFC
69 cwt864.5G♯37.50″1815Thomas II MearsRMFC
711 cwt759.0F♯39.50″1815Thomas II MearsRMFC
815 cwt673.0E45.00″1815Thomas II MearsRMFC
Source: Chichester Dio spsht; Dove wt tenor; J Brenchley(twr info); D Sloman(GPE)
Contributed by: Geoff Rix
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,81903TimberMears & Stainbank6.A8.3
Contributed by: David Sloman
Update log
23/02/2025URL added [Kye L Leaver via #008281]
18/08/2024Frame Fr1: maker added; year amended [Kye L Leaver, citing Brighton Gazette - Thursday 7 May 1903 via #007354]
06/06/2024Frame Fr1: year added [Kye L Leaver, citing Sussex Bells & Belfries by George Elphick; p.218]
20/05/20241-7: nominal, diameter, canon, turning added; note amended; 8: nominal, canon, turning added; note amended [Kye L Leaver & David Wilson, visited 11/04/2024]
21/04/2024Frame Fr1: truss amended; layout added [Kye L Leaver, personal visit]
04/05/2023Seage apparatus added [Stephen Pocock]
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