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Abbotskerswell, Devon, Blessed Virgin Mary
Place Abbotskerswell
Blessed Virgin Mary
Lieutenancy area Devon
Country England
Historic county Devon
Dove tower ID 11765
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 10 cwt in GSee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference SX855687
Latitude & longitude 50.50728, -3.61481View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode TQ12 5PG
Diocese Exeter
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 5105
URL https://devonringers.org.uk/towers/tower?DoveID=ABBOTSKERS
Affiliation Guild of Devonshire Ringers
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 23 performances here, of which 3 were peals and 3 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 10 cwt in G
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 10 cwt (~1120 lb or ~510 kg) in G (803.0 Hz)
Peals View 9 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–1–11360.5E27.50″1924Mears & StainbankFFC
24–3–21198.5D28.88″1924Mears & StainbankFFC
35–1–61076.0C31.00″1924Mears & StainbankFFC
46–1–101003.5B32.75″1924Mears & StainbankFFC
5897.0A35.88″1705Thomas III PenningtonR4FC
610 cwt803.0G38.25″1637Thomas II PenningtonR4FC
Source: JGMS notes; T&BD; N Bowden; J Clarke; D Sloman(GAD)
Contributed by: [John Scott]
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
24,5,6Cast iron(unidentified)8.3.A.i
11,2,3Oak(unidentified)6.A6.4
Update log
14/06/20231,3: weight amended; 4: weight added [Whitechapel records via David Sloman #005150]
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