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Prittlewell, Essex, S Mary V
Place Prittlewell
S Mary V
or Southend
Unitary authority City of Southend on Sea
Lieutenancy area Essex
Country England
Historic county Essex
Dove tower ID 13422
Rings 10 (full-circle ring), tenor 18–0–9 in ESee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 3See below
Grid reference TQ876868
Latitude & longitude 51.54904, 0.70517View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode SS2 6EQ
Diocese Chelmsford
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 2529
Also Toilet
URLs http://www.stmarysprittlewell.co.uk/bellringing/
https://bellsofessex.weebly.com/prittlewell-st-mary-v.html
Affiliation Essex Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 228 performances here, of which 93 were peals and 22 were in the last two years
Ring of 10, tenor 18–0–9 in E
Bells 10 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 18–0–9 (2025 lb or 919 kg) in E (654.0 Hz)
All rings
1018–0–9 in E10 as tenor
66–3–12 in B6 as tenor
Practices Mon (exc Bank Hols)
Projects & overhauls
2010 by Whitechapel Bell Foundry (ring created)
Ring installed
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Peals View 279 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Simulator
Additional information Ringing Centre
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–2–171645.4G♯26.25″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
24–2–231468.9F♯26.94″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
34–3–71311.0E27.81″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
44–3–151226.7D♯28.56″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
55–1–231095.0C♯30.38″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
66–3–12978.4B32.69″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
78–1–5874.2A35.44″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
89–2–25818.8G♯37.50″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
913–1–11732.0F♯41.94″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
1018–0–9654.0E46.50″2010Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
Source: twr webpage; A Higson; D Sloman; N Taylor
Contributed by: David Sloman
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Clock1¾ cwt1711.5A21.50″1800Thomas I MearsY4D
Service9–2–5848.0A♭37.81″1679†John DarbieY4D
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
8Clock
2 [1]Service
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,102010Cast iron & steelWhitechapel Bell Foundry8.3.A.h10.5
Contributed by: David Sloman
Notes

[1]Bell history

Service bell was originally at Colchester, S Mary at Walls; it was removed from there in 1978 and stored on the floor of the church at Colchester, S Leonard at the Hythe until acquired for Prittlewell in 2010

Published: 17/10/2025

Update log
17/10/2025Service: bell history note added [David Sloman, formerly DAC Bells Advisor Chelmsford Diocese]
12/11/2024URL added
17/08/2023Clock: nominal, note added [Recorded by Ryan Faulkner-Hatt and analysed by Nick Bowden]
12/08/2023Clock,Service: hanging type added [Ryan Faulkner-Hatt, local ringer #005485]
07/02/2020URL replaced: prittlewell10.wixsite.com/ringingcentre [- not working TimJ (#264) via URLbad]
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