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Kelsale, Suffolk, S Peter
Place Kelsale
S Peter
Lieutenancy area Suffolk
Country England
Historic county Suffolk
Dove tower ID 13882
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 15 cwt in ESee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference TM387651
Latitude & longitude 52.23292, 1.49533View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode IP17 2PA
Diocese St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 12003
URL http://www.suffolkbells.org.uk/towers/kelsale1.php
Affiliation Suffolk Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 19 performances here, of which 10 were peals and none were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 15 cwt in E
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 15 cwt (~1680 lb or ~760 kg) in E (672.0 Hz)
Peals View 115 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14¾ cwt1325.0E28.57″1831Thomas II MearsYNFC
25¼ cwt1267.0D♯29.19″1831Thomas II MearsYNFC
35½ cwt1129.0C♯29.00″1681John DarbieY4FC
46 cwt998.0B31.88″1703†John PeeleY4FC
57½ cwt905.0A33.88″1830Thomas II MearsYNFC
68¼ cwt857.0G♯36.38″1703†Samuel Newton & John PeeleYNFC
711½ cwt759.0F♯40.06″c1499†Brasyers of Norwich (generic)Y4FC
815 cwt672.0E45.00″1681John DarbieY4FC
Source: Raven; CBC; Dove tenor wt; SGR website; P Denton
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
21,21831Oak6.A2.X2
13,4,5,6,7,8c1750Oak6.A6.X
Contributed by: Philip Denton
Update log
13/08/2022Fr1: layout amended; Fr2: layout added [Ranald Clouston papers 1967 via Neal Dodge]
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Content: Dove Team – Programming: Richard Smith & Sid Baldwin.
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