✖
  • Home
  • About Dove
  • Towers
  • Frames
  • Bells
  • Founders
  • Projects
  • Site Map
  • Help
≡Dove’s Guide for Church Bell Ringers
⚲
✖
Keevil, Wiltshire, S Leonard
Place Keevil
S Leonard
Unitary authority Wiltshire
Lieutenancy area Wiltshire
Country England
Historic county Wiltshire
Dove tower ID 13960
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 16–1–16 in DSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference ST917579
Latitude & longitude 51.32090, -2.11976View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode BA14 6SB
Diocese Salisbury
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 12499
Also Toilet
URL http://www.sdgr.org.uk/branches/devizes/tower-122
Affiliation Salisbury Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 9 performances here, of which none were peals and 2 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 16–1–16 in D
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 16–1–16 (1836 lb or 833 kg) in D (597.0 Hz)
Overhauled
2000 by John Taylor & Co
The bells were rehung on mostly new fittings, including cast iron headstocks and ball bearings, in the existing frame
1902 by Llewellins & James
The bells were rehung on new fittings in a new cast iron low-side frame
Peals View 14 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
16–2–21008.0B33.50″1842Thomas II MearsRFC
27–2–14897.0A35.00″1609John WallisRFC
38–2–18799.0G37.50″1609John WallisRFC
410–0–18754.0F♯39.75″1810James WellsRFC
511–3–2672.0E42.75″1761Thomas II BilbieRFC
616–1–16597.0D48.13″1761Thomas II BilbieRFC
Source: A Higson; CBC
Contributed by: Andrew Higson
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Sanctus15.00″c1320†(unidentified)R
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,Sanctus1903MetalLlewellins & James8.3.A.h6.4
Update log
07/05/2025Toilet added [Brenda Parr from personal visit #008583]
07/12/2023Overhauls added; Fr1: truss, layout added [Jack Pease, citing website: https://keevilvillage.com/information/st-leonards-church/history-st-leonards-church/]
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