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Canterbury, Kent, Cath & Metropolitical Ch of Christ
PlaceCanterbury
Cath & Metropolitical Ch of Christ
Shown in county lists as Canterbury Cath
Lieutenancy areaKent
CountryEngland
Historic countyKent
Dove tower ID12513
Rings12 (full-circle ring), tenor 34–3–4 in C♯See below
6 (clock chime), hour bell 62–2–9 in BSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames5See below
Grid referenceTR150579
Latitude & longitude51.27968, 1.08182View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & longA suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 51.27817, 1.08480
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PostcodeCT1 2EA
DioceseCanterbury
Church groupChurch of England
Listed gradeI by Historic England
Church heritage record1527
URLshttp://kent.lovesguide.com/tower.php?id=35
https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/worship/bell-ringing-times/
http://www.inspirewebdesign.com/ringsof12/tower_details.asp?towerid=13
AffiliationKent County Association
PerformancesSearch for performances on BellBoardCustomise
As of last night, BellBoard listed 963 performances here, of which 118 were peals and 109 were in the last two years
Peal boardsNo peal boards have been uploaded to BellBoard yet
The Central Council is collecting photographs of all peal boards, and curating and uploading them to BellBoard. This includes material from earlier systems found here.
Ring of 12, tenor 34–3–4 in C♯ : Oxford Tower (SW)
Bells12 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor34–3–4 (3896 lb or 1767 kg) in C♯ (554.0 Hz)
Extra bellsAn extra treble and 6♭
All rings
1234–3–4 in C♯12 as tenor
1015–0–8 in F♯9 as tenor, using 6♭ and 0
610–3–26 in G♯8 as tenor
67–3–16 in C♯5 as tenor, using 0
PracticesThu (with exceptions)
Projects & overhauls
2022 by Whites of Appleton
General maintenance
1981 by Whitechapel Bell Foundry (ring created)
Ring installed
List all
PealsView 231 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightFrequencyNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
05–2–51866.0A♯26.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
16–0–21663.0G♯27.25″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
26–2–21482.0F♯28.75″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
36–2–201399.0E♯29.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
47–0–121245.0D♯31.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
57–3–161108.5C♯32.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
68–0–121046.5B♯33.25″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
78–3–24932.0A♯35.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
810–3–26830.0G♯38.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
915–0–8740.0F♯42.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFYFC
1017–3–20698.5E♯45.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
1124–2–10622.0D♯50.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
1234–3–4554.0C♯56.50″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
6♭8–1–16988.0B34.00″1981Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
Clock chime, hour bell 62–2–9 in B : Arundel Tower (NW)
Bells6 (clock chime)Edit details
Hour bell62–2–9 (7009 lb or 3179 kg) in B (494.0 Hz)
BellWeightFrequencyNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Quarter 16–3–01110.0C♯32.00″1802Thomas I MearsRYD
Quarter 26–3–4988.0B33.75″1855Charles & George MearsRYD
Quarter 37–3–21932.0A♯35.63″1726Samuel KnightRYD
Quarter 48–1–24831.0G♯37.25″1726Samuel KnightRYD
Quarter 59–2–2740.0F♯39.50″1855Charles & George MearsRYD
Bourdon62–2–9494.0B69.00″1762Lester & PackYYS
Other bells : Bell Harry Tower (Central)
BellsEdit details
BellWeightFrequencyNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Bell Harry8–0–0939.0B♭36.25″1635Joseph HatchY4D
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
7Bell Harry1975SteelLocal labour/guild/assn8.1.A
5Quarter 1, Quarter 2, Quarter 3, Quarter 4, Quarter 51981SteelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.1.A.b
4Bourdon1981SteelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.1.B.c
20, 8, 6b of 121981SteelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.1.B.a
11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 of 121981SteelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.1.F.e
Update log
21/04/20249: turning amended; 10: weight amended [Nigel Taylor from personal tuning records (weight). Richard Offen, from local knowledge (turning)]
24/04/2023Project added [Whites of Appleton website, 2022 projects]
10/07/2022URL added [Dickon R Love]
15/03/2021Labelling of the 3 towers
28/12/2020Bell Harry: nominal added. [Cathedral youtube video posted 9/4/2020 via Bill Hibbert]
22/03/2020Bdn: welded(canons) [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
15/03/20201-11,0e,6b,Q1-Q5,Bdn: nominal added; 12: nominal amended; [Nigel Taylor via 00013652]
15/03/2020Q3,Q4,Bdn: diam amended [Nigel Taylor via 00013652]
30/11/2019Bdn,Hry: frameid amended [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
30/11/2019Q1-Q5: frameid amended; fr5,fr6: info added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
30/11/2019fr9: date,material,maker added,truss amended [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
15/11/2019fr1,fr2: truss added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
11/04/2019QP rung today implying that suspension period is over [J Hedgcock via e-mail]
07/03/2019Tower work being undertaken: ringing likely to be impaired [JCB: info on revised Cath ringers' website via www]
07/03/2019URL amended [Previous URL 'not found' via JCB]
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