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Westhorpe, Suffolk, S Margaret
Place Westhorpe
S Margaret
Lieutenancy area Suffolk
Country England
Historic county Suffolk
Dove tower ID 12104
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 8–3–3 in ASee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference TM043692
Latitude & longitude 52.28323, 0.99461View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode IP14 4SU
Diocese St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 11679
URLs https://westhorpebells.co.uk/
http://www.suffolkbells.org.uk/towers/westhorpe1.php
Affiliation Suffolk Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 3 performances here, of which none were peals and 3 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 8–3–3 in A
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 8–3–3 (983 lb or 446 kg) in A (862.6 Hz)
Practices Sat (until 11:30) 10:00
Overhauled
2024 by John Taylor & Co
Bells conserved, tuned, and rehung with all new fittings in a new frame. A new treble was cast to augment the ring from five to six. The treble and tenor of the original five were recast as the new 2nd and tenor of six, the 2nd & 4th of the original five were reused as the new 3rd and 5th of six, and the 3rd of the original five was scrapped being replaced by the former 4th of ten from Stafford.
Peals No peals listed in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–0–81446.0F♯26.00″2024John Taylor & CoFNFC
24–0–191292.1E27.00″2024John Taylor & CoFNFC
34–2–11145.9D♭28.50″1702Henry PleasantY4FC
4 [1]4–2–31086.1C♯29.00″1709Abraham I RudhallR8FC
56–1–25965.1B♭32.20″c1530†Roger ReveY4FC
68–3–3862.6A36.00″2024John Taylor & CoFNFC
Source: Raven; Dove tenor wt; GAD; D Sloman(RWMC); P Denton
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
9c1500Oak5.D & 5.R5.12
11,2,3,4,5,62024SteelJohn Taylor & Co8.1.B.a6.1
Frame modifications:
Frame 9: c 1702
Frame Fr9 was modified from Layout 4.4 (reversed) to Layout 5.12.
Contributed by: Philip Denton
Notes

[1]Bell 4/6 origin

Bell 4/6 was formerly bell 4/10 at Stafford.

Published: 13/01/2024; updated: 26/02/2025

Update log
14/10/2024PN added [Clive Mees, local contact]
24/05/2024Project completed [David Potter]
09/05/2024Test ring was successfully carried out on 01/May/2024 and so the bells are now a ringable six. However, further work remains to be done to complete the project [Clive Mees, local contact, and Neal Dodge, Suffolk G PRO]
19/03/2024New frame Fr1 added [Andrew Ogden, Taylors]
19/03/2024Old frame Fr1 => frame Fr9
02/03/2024Frame Fr1: mod amended [Neal Dodge. Details of the old frame taken from Ranald Clouston's papers via Frame Backlog]
13/01/2024Project description updated following analysis of the bells and project development. [Clive Mees, local contact]
30/12/2023Frame Fr1: mod added [Neal Dodge. Details of the old frame taken from Ranald Clouston's papers via Frame Backlog]
27/10/20231-5: weight amended [JT & Co. Weights as received at our works via Andrew Ogden #005822]
21/10/2023URL added [URL provided by Clive Mees, local contact]
31/07/2023New project added [David Potter #005428]
12/03/2023Project to rehang the bells and augment to 6 [Neal Dodge]
10/07/2021URL amended [Tim Jackson]
09/07/20214: founder amended. GF noted. [R M W Clouston papers via Neal Dodge]
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