Tower details

Place	Barlow Moor Christ Church or West Didsbury
Metropolitan borough	City of Manchester
Lieutenancy area	Greater Manchester
Country	England
Historic county	Lancashire
Dove tower ID	13328
Rings	8 (full-circle ring), tenor 16–2–7 in E♭See below
Frames	1See below
Grid reference	SJ830918
Latitude & longitude	53.42353, -2.25691View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	A suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 53.42322, -2.25647 View on Google Map Edit details
Postcode	M20 2LT
Diocese	Manchester
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	II by Historic England
Church heritage record	8199
Also	Toilet
Affiliation	Lancashire Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 42 performances here, of which 28 were peals and 1 was in the last two years

Bells	8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	16–2–7 (1855 lb or 841 kg) in E♭ (638.0 Hz)
Peals	View 28 peals in the Felstead Database

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	5–0–12	1277.0	E♭	29.00″	1882	Mears & Stainbank	R	Y	FC
	2	5–1–0	1206.0	D	29.50″	1882	Mears & Stainbank	R	Y	FC
	3	6–0–10	1075.0	C	31.88″	1882	Mears & Stainbank	R	Y	FC
	4	6–3–16	957.0	B♭	33.50″	1882	Mears & Stainbank	R	Y	FC
	5	8–2–14	854.0	A♭	37.25″	1882	Mears & Stainbank	R	Y	FC
	6	9–3–27	805.0	G	39.25″	1882	Mears & Stainbank	R	Y	FC
	7	11–2–12	716.0	F	42.50″	1882	Mears & Stainbank	R	Y	FC
	8	16–2–7	638.0	E♭	47.00″	1882	Mears & Stainbank	R	Y	FC

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1 [1]	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8	c1882	Oak	? Mears & Stainbank	6.A	~ 8.X11

[1]Frame layout

Fr1 Layout is Layout 8.X11 but with a gap between Pits A and B

Published: 06/11/2024

06/11/2024

Fr1: date, maker, layout added, material amended