Tower details

Place	Thorley S James Gt
Lieutenancy area	Hertfordshire
Country	England
Historic county	Hertfordshire
Dove tower ID	13703
Rings	6 (full-circle ring), tenor 8–2–1 in ASee below
Frames	2See below
Grid reference	TL475188
Latitude & longitude	51.84866, 0.14136View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	A suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 51.84911, 0.14207 View on Google Map Edit details
Postcode	CM23 4BE
Diocese	St Albans
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	11216
URL	http://www.hcacr.org.uk/bstortford/thorley/index.html
Affiliation	Hertford County Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 126 performances here, of which 23 were peals and 10 were in the last two years

Bells	6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	8–2–1 (953 lb or 432 kg) in A (900.0 Hz)
Practices	Tue
Peals	View 54 peals in the Felstead Database

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	3–0–21	1513.0	F♯	25.31″	1946	John Taylor & Co	F		FC
	2	3–1–25	1350.0	E	25.50″	1937	John Taylor & Co	F		FC
	3	4–1–5	1201.0	D	27.62″	1937	John Taylor & Co	F		FC
	4	5–1–16	1134.0	C♯	30.12″	1682	William Wightman	Y		FC
	5	6–1–19	1010.0	B	32.12″	1946	John Taylor & Co	F		FC
	6	8–2–1	900.0	A	36.50″	1628	Robert Oldfield	Y		FC

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1 [1]	2,3,4,5,6	1937	Timber	John Taylor & Co	6.A	5.X14 ➔ 6.1
	– 1.1	1	1946	Timber	John Taylor & Co	6.A	1

Contributed by: David Sloman

[1]Frame layout

Frame Fr1 layout is Layout 6.1 with pit A missing.

Published: 01/01/2023; updated: 30/07/2024

10/11/2023	PN added [Oliver Lee (friend of tower captain) #005872]
10/09/2022	Frame Fr1: truss, layout added; Frame Fr1.1 added [Chris Pickford from the Taylors archive. Additional information provided by Oliver Lee, local ringer.]