✖
  • Home
  • About Dove
  • Towers
  • Frames
  • Bells
  • Founders
  • Projects
  • Site Map
  • Help
≡Dove’s Guide for Church Bell Ringers
⚲
✖
Willingdon, East Sussex, S Mary V
Place Willingdon
S Mary V
Lieutenancy area East Sussex
Country England
Historic county Sussex
Dove tower ID 13873
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 10–1–14 in A♭See below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference TQ589024
Latitude & longitude 50.79982, 0.25392View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode BN20 9HT
Diocese Chichester
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 3517
URL https://www.scacr.org/towers/directory/145-willingdon-st-mary-the-virgin
Affiliation Sussex County Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 40 performances here, of which 6 were peals and 4 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 10–1–14 in A♭
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 10–1–14 (1162 lb or 527 kg) in A♭ (820.0 Hz)
Practices Thu
Projects & overhauls
2024 by Nicholson Engineering Ltd (major overhaul)
Bells rehung with mainly new fittings in the existing frames. Try-out took place 09/Feb/2024
1933 by Gillett & Johnston (ring created)
Ring installed
List all
Peals View 19 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–0–51380.0F26.25″1939Gillett & JohnstonF4FC
24–2–71228.0E♭28.00″1933Gillett & JohnstonF4FC
35–1–31096.0D♭30.00″1933Gillett & JohnstonF4FC
45–3–161034.0C31.13″1933Gillett & JohnstonF4FC
57–1–21920.0B♭34.44″1933Gillett & JohnstonF4FC
610–1–14820.0A♭38.94″1933Gillett & JohnstonF4FC
Source: J Mort(twr board); TimJ(G&J per AAJB); D Sloman(GAD;Elphick)
Contributed by: James Mort
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
21c1939SteelGillett & Johnston8.1.B1
12,3,4,5,6c1900Oak6.D5.1
Contributed by: David Sloman
Update log
06/03/2025Fr2: date amended [Andrew Nicholson]
20/07/2024URL deleted; URL added [Don Ramsay via #007195]
23/03/2024Overhaul added; 1-6: turning added [Andrew Nicholson]
19/03/2024Frame Fr1: year, layout added; material amended; frame Fr2: year, maker, truss, layout added [Andrew Nicholson]
See full public log
Copyright © 2003–2025 Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
Content: Dove Team – Programming: Richard Smith & Sid Baldwin.
Download data
Admin Login   Acknowledgements