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Droxford, Hampshire, S Mary & All Saints
Place Droxford
S Mary & All Saints
Lieutenancy area Hampshire
Country England
Historic county Hampshire
Dove tower ID 13731
Rings 5 (full-circle ring), tenor 9¾ cwt in GSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SU607182
Latitude & longitude 50.96014, -1.13623View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode SO32 3RB
Diocese Portsmouth
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 10483
URL https://www.wpbells.org/towers/droxford/
Affiliation Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 16 performances here, of which 1 was a peal and 4 were in the last two years
Ring of 5, tenor 9¾ cwt in G
Bells 5 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 9¾ cwt (~1090 lb or ~500 kg) in G (770.0 Hz)
Practices Wed
Overhauled
2023 by Whites of Appleton
Clapper repairs to tenor
Projects & events 2List
Peals View 5 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
Additional information Anticlockwise
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–2–11209.5D27.50″1969John Taylor & CoFNFC
25¼ cwt1069.5C30.00″1899†Thomas BlackbournR8FC
36 cwt987.0B31.00″1606†R Beconsall (or Ralph Brooke?)R8FC
47¼ cwt883.0A34.13″1672Henry II KnightR8FC
59¾ cwt770.0G38.63″1672Henry II KnightR8FC
Source: Garry Barr(twr info); CBC; A Higson; CJND
Contributed by: Garry Barr
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5c1799Oak6.A5.1
Update log
21/05/2025Project completed [Marika Haseldine, Whites of Appleton]
21/03/2025New project added [Marika Haseldine, Whites of Appleton]
14/02/20241: nominal amended; 2-5: nominal added [Recorded by Sally Sturt (tower captain) and Clifford Sturt (steeple keeper), analysed by Nick Bowden]
13/02/2024Frame Fr1: truss, layout added [Sally Sturt (Tower Captain) and Clifford Sturt (Steeple Keeper)]
03/11/2023Project completed (ringing resumed); frame Fr1 added; 2,3: canons amended [Clifford Sturt, steeple keeper and citing report from Whites of Appleton (frame)]
21/10/20234,5: diameter, canons added; 1-5: turning added [Clifford Sturt, steeple keeper via James Hedgcock]
18/10/2023New project added [Mark Walker, Whites of Appleton #005778]
07/02/2023PN added [Anne Pratt via #004544]
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