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Berkhamsted, Great, Hertfordshire, S Peter
Place Berkhamsted, Great
S Peter
or Great Berkhamsted
Lieutenancy area Hertfordshire
Country England
Historic county Hertfordshire
Dove tower ID 12786
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 15–2–22 in ESee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference SP993077
Latitude & longitude 51.75957, -0.56167View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode HP4 2AX
Diocese St Albans
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 11175
Also Toilet
URL https://www.hcacr.org/tower-12786
Affiliation Hertford County Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 276 performances here, of which 36 were peals and 18 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 15–2–22 in E
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 15–2–22 (1758 lb or 797 kg) in E (656.0 Hz)
Practices Thu
Overhauled
2023 by Whites of Appleton
Major maintenance, new clappers, re rim wheels, bearing overhaul
1987 by Eayre & Smith
Peals View 105 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
15–2–61326.5E29.00″1946Mears & StainbankFNFC
25–0–81226.5D♯29.63″1838Thomas II MearsR4FC
36–1–121090.0C♯32.00″1838Thomas II MearsR4FC
46–1–16984.0B33.50″1838Thomas II MearsR4FC
58–1–8872.0A36.00″1946Mears & StainbankFNFC
69–0–3819.0G♯37.00″1946Mears & StainbankFNFC
711–0–9737.0F♯40.75″1838Thomas II MearsR4FC
815–2–22656.0E46.25″1839Thomas II MearsR4FC
Source: HCA; G Dodds, Herts; Dove tenor wt; N Taylor; P Denton
Contributed by: Ian Cresshull
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Sanctus¾ cwt2352.0D15.00″1851Charles & George MearsY
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,81838Cast iron & oak
– 1.1Sanctus
Update log
29/01/2025HCACR URL amended [Lucas Williams, HCACR Web Master]
03/08/2023Project completed [Lucas Williams #005443]
22/07/2023Toilet added [Lucas Williams via #005389]
18/06/2023New project added [Graham Clifton #005155]
13/01/20234: weight amended [Whitechapel records via David Sloman #004418]
20/12/20211-8: turning added. [David Burbidge, local ringer via James Hedgcock]
01/12/2021PN time amended [Lucas Williams (local ringer)]
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