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Fenham, Tyne and Wear, S James & S Basil
Place Fenham
S James & S Basil
Metropolitan borough City of Newcastle upon Tyne
Lieutenancy area Tyne and Wear
Country England
Historic county Northumberland
Dove tower ID 11810
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 14–0–10 in FSee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference NZ225655
Latitude & longitude 54.98428, -1.64875View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode NE4 9UT
Diocese Newcastle
Church Church of England
Listed grade II by Historic England
Church heritage record 8496
Also Toilet
Affiliation Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 95 performances here, of which 50 were peals and 5 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 14–0–10 in F
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 14–0–10 (1578 lb or 716 kg) in F (716.0 Hz)
Projects & overhauls
1930 by Mears & Stainbank (ring created)
Ring installed
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Peals View 87 peals in the Felstead Database
Additional information The ringing bells form part of a 17-bell chime
Baton clavier
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
RingChime
174–2–241432.0F27.00″1930Mears & StainbankFNFC
285–0–01342.5E28.00″1930Mears & StainbankFNFC
3105–3–11193.2D30.00″1930Mears & StainbankFNFC
4116–0–131074.0C31.75″1930Mears & StainbankFNFC
5137–2–1954.7B♭34.00″1930Mears & StainbankFNFC
6148–2–15894.0A35.75″1930Mears & StainbankFNFC
71511–2–0806.0G39.00″1930Mears & StainbankFNFC
81714–0–10716.0F43.00″1930Mears & StainbankFNFC
12–0–142148.0C20.25″1930Mears & StainbankFND
22–3–172028.0B21.50″1930Mears & StainbankFND
32–2–251909.2B♭22.00″1930Mears & StainbankFND
43–0–41790.0A22.75″1930Mears & StainbankFND
53–0–251612.0G24.00″1930Mears & StainbankFND
63–3–171520.0G♭25.50″1930Mears & StainbankFND
95–1–91274.0E♭29.00″1930Mears & StainbankFND
127–1–01014.0B33.00″1930Mears & StainbankFND
1611–2–7760.0G♭40.50″1930Mears & StainbankFND
Source: M Chester; N Taylor
Contributed by: Mike Chester
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
2c1,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,c9,c12,c161930TimberMears & Stainbank1.i
11c7,2c8,3c10,4c11,5c13,6c14,7c15,8c171930TeakMears & Stainbank6.A8.3
Update log
11/09/2024Baton clavier added; c1-c6,c9, c12, c16: hanging added; frames Fr1, Fr2: date, material, maker, truss added; frame Fr1: layout added [Mike Chester. See also: https://northeastbells.co.uk/newcastle-fenham/]
27/03/2024URL deleted (http://www.jamesbasilfenham.org.uk/music/bell-ringing/ gives 404 error (not found)). No alternative URL found to date [Error detected by Dove Tower URL Checker]
29/04/2020all: turning,frameid added; c1-c16: nominal added [Nigel Taylor via 00013719]
04/04/2020...music/guild-of-change-ringers : not found [replaced; TimJ(#272) via URLbad]
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