Tower details

Place	Ampthill S Andrew
Unitary authority	Central Bedfordshire
Lieutenancy area	Bedfordshire
Country	England
Historic county	Bedfordshire
Dove tower ID	11869
Rings	8 (full-circle ring), tenor 13–3–6 in A♭See below
Frames	2See below
Grid reference	TL036382
Latitude & longitude	52.03312, -0.48992View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	MK45 2EP
Diocese	St Albans
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	11385
Affiliation	Bedfordshire Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 93 performances here, of which 55 were peals and 4 were in the last two years

Bells	8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	13–3–6 (1546 lb or 701 kg) in A♭ (824.5 Hz)
Practices	Thu (not always: check)
Peals	View 55 peals in the Felstead Database

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	4–0–8	1650.0	A♭	24.88″	1980	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F	N	FC
	2	4–2–6	1545.0	G	26.00″	1980	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F	N	FC
	3	4–3–2	1374.0	F	27.38″	1899	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
	4	5–2–19	1235.5	E♭	29.13″	1898	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
	5	6–2–5	1098.0	D♭	31.50″	1898	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
	6	7–1–21	1031.0	C	33.00″	1898	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
	7	10–1–26	928.0	B♭	37.13″	1898	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC
	8	13–3–6	824.5	A♭	40.88″	1898	John Taylor & Co	F	N	FC

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1	1,4,5,6,7,8	1899	Cast iron	John Taylor & Co	8.3.C.e	6.4 ➔ 8.1
	– 1.1	2,3	1980	Cast iron	John Taylor & Co	8.3.A.h	2.X2

05/02/2025

Fr1: truss, layout, resultant layout added; Fr1.1: layout added [Jack Pease, citing Facebook video: https://www.facebook.com/530829104/videos/1748063259310796/]