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Rockbeare, Devon, S Mary
Place Rockbeare
S Mary
Lieutenancy area Devon
Country England
Historic county Devon
Dove tower ID 13940
Rings 6 U/R (full-circle ring), tenor 12 cwt in GSee below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference SY020952
Latitude & longitude 50.74873, -3.39028View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode EX5 2EF
Diocese Exeter
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 4859
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 1 performance here, of which none were peals and none were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 12 cwt in G
Bells 6 U/R (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 12 cwt (~1340 lb or ~610 kg) in G (780.5 Hz)
Peals No peals listed in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
Additional information Bell hung for swing chiming: 1
Unringable
Not well in tune
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–1–111308.0E27.00″1921Gillett & JohnstonFS
21194.5D28.50″1787†George DavisYFC
31046.0C30.00″1663†John [E] PenningtonYFC
4951.5B33.00″1761†Thomas II BilbieYFC
5868.5A36.13″1767†John III [C] & Fitzantony II PenningtonYFC
612 cwt780.5G40.25″1613†William II PurdueYFC
Source: JGMS records; Dove tenor wt; TimJ(AAJB); N Bowden
Contributed by: [John Scott]
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
231921Steel
11,2,4,5,6c1799Timber(unidentified)
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Update log
14/03/2022Hanging type added [Dove change note dated 14/Mar/2012 (Tim Jackson)]
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