Tower details

Place	Wimborne Minster S Cuthberga
Unitary authority	Dorset
Lieutenancy area	Dorset
Country	England
Historic county	Dorset
Dove tower ID	11816
Rings	12 (full-circle ring), tenor 29–2–20 in DSee below Other bellsSee below
Frames	3See below
Grid reference	SZ009999
Latitude & longitude	50.79895, -1.98853View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	BH21 1LB
Diocese	Salisbury
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	12333
Also	Toilet
URLs	https://wimborneminsterbellringers.wordpress.com http://www.sdgr.org.uk/branches/east-dorset/tower-262
Affiliation	Salisbury Diocesan Guild
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 521 performances here, of which 140 were peals and 104 were in the last two years

Bells

12 (full-circle ring)Edit details

Tenor

29–2–20 (3324 lb or 1508 kg) in D (580.0 Hz)

Extra bells

2♯

All rings

12	29–2–20 in D	12 as tenor
8	8–1–19 in A	8 as tenor, using 2♯

Practices

Tue

Overhauled

2012 by Whites of Appleton

Augmented to 12, 2# added (new WBF bells); frame extended; www.wmscbr.org/wmscbr/TheNewBellsPage/TheNewBellsPage

2006 by Whites of Appleton

Peals

View 186 peals in the Felstead Database

Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
1	4–2–26	1738.0	A	25.00″	2012	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC
2	4–3–23	1548.0	G	26.00″	2012	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC
3	4–3–1	1452.0	F♯	26.44″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
4	4–3–8	1307.0	E	27.63″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
5	4–3–12	1160.0	D	29.00″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
6	5–0–6	1088.0	C♯	29.50″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
7	7–0–2	968.0	B	33.00″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
8	8–1–19	869.0	A	35.94″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
9	11–2–16	774.0	G	40.13″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
10	15–0–14	726.0	F♯	43.50″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
11	20–0–15	653.0	E	48.13″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
12	29–2–20	580.0	D	54.00″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	4	FC
2♯	4–3–20	1626.4	G♯	25.50″	2012	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC

Bells

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Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
Quarter 1	0–2–20		D	14.50″	1977	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	D
Quarter 2	1¼ cwt	1727.0	A	17.13″	1911	Gillett & Johnston	F	N	D

Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
9	Quarter 1,Quarter 2		Steel		8.1.A
1 [1]	1,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,2#	1911	Cast iron	Gillett & Johnston	8.3.C.e	9.X ➔ 13.X
– 1.1 [2]	2,3,4,5	2012	Cast iron	Whites of Appleton	8.3.A.h	4.1

[1]Fr1 layout

Fr1 Layout is a 9 pit non-standard layout: North side: 1,12 hang side-by-side swinging E-W. West side: 9,10,11 hang end-to-end swinging N-S. South side: 6,7,8 hang in a Layout 3.3 configuration, 6 swinging N-S, 7,8 swinging E-W. North-East corner: 2# swinging N-S. Fr1 Resultant Layout: East side: Bells 2-5 hang side-by-side in Fr1A swinging E-W.

Published: 23/12/2023; updated: 23/12/2023

[2]Independent frames

Frames 1 and 1.1 are independent.

Published: 30/12/2022; updated: 07/01/2024

02/06/2024	Q1,Q2: turning, hanging added [Kye L Leaver - ROCK, Hugh (2008): Church Clocks p.55]
23/12/2023	Fr1: non-standard layout described [Jack Pease visit]
03/08/2023	URL added [David Warwick (Tower Captain) #005431]
30/12/2022	Convert 1A and 1B to 1 and 1.1 as, whilst independent frames, they are the same collection and logically connected. Modification description and Fr1 layout amended.
13/11/2022	Fr1 renamed Fr1A; Fr8 renamed Fr9; Fr1B added; Fr1A mods added [Jack Pease from personal visit and citing RW 1911/221; 1968/339; 2012/1301-1305]
08/01/2022	2#: nominal added (but being queried) [Nigel Taylor's personal tuning records via D Sloman]
12/02/2021	1-12,2#: turning added [Harry Blamire steeple-keeper via James Hedgcock]
07/02/2021	Q2: nominal added [Alan Buswell, from G&J tuning records]