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Warminster, Wiltshire, S Denys
Place Warminster
S Denys
Unitary authority Wiltshire
Lieutenancy area Wiltshire
Country England
Historic county Wiltshire
Dove tower ID 14106
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 23–1–19 in DSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference ST869455
Latitude & longitude 51.20858, -2.18859View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode BA12 8PH
Diocese Salisbury
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 12431
Also Toilet
URL http://www.sdgr.org.uk/branches/devizes/tower-251
Affiliation Salisbury Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 54 performances here, of which 10 were peals and 12 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 23–1–19 in D
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 23–1–19 (2623 lb or 1190 kg) in D (589.2 Hz)
Projects & overhauls
2021 by Matthew Higby & Co (major overhaul)
Restored, tuned and rehung
List all
Tuned 2021
Peals View 53 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
16–0–251182.4D30.04″1881John Warner & SonsRYFC
26–0–91108.3C♯29.88″1881John Warner & SonsRYFC
37–0–8988.7B32.40″1881John Warner & SonsRYFC
49–1–17882.2A36.69″1881John Warner & SonsRYFC
511–0–14787.4G39.69″1881John Warner & SonsRYFC
613–0–25738.9F♯42.52″1881John Warner & SonsRYFC
716–0–3659.8E45.63″1881John Warner & SonsRYFC
823–1–19589.2D51.26″1737Abel RudhallRYFC
Source: M Smith(twr website; C Pickford; HBW,Wilts); B Hibbert; TimJ(#290/291)
Contributed by: Martin Smith
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
1 [1]1,2,3,4,5,6,7,81914SteelAlfred Bowell8.1.C.c8.X
Notes

[1]Frame layout

Fr1 Layout is described as follows: top right corner: 1; centre right: 2 end-to-end with 1; bottom right corner: 3; centre bottom 4 end-to-end with 3; bottom left corner: 5; top left corner: 6 end-to-end with 5; centre top: 7 at right-angles to 1 and 6; middle: 8 side-by-side with 7

Published: 06/11/2023; updated: 16/11/2023

Update log
06/11/2023Note, Fr1 added [Jack Pease, from personal visit. See also Bellframes p31, Pickford]
08/01/2022Tuning added [M R T Higby]
29/12/2021Project completed (restored, tuned and rehung) [Matthew Higby via Tim Jackson]
04/07/20201-8: turning,canon info added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
30/06/2020Tenor no longer 24-3-8 [TimJ(#290) info M Higby via pNBR]
30/06/20201-8: nominal,diam,wt amended [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
11/03/20201-8: nominal added [Bill Hibbert via e-mail]
02/02/2019Bells being rehung [Matthew Higby via e-mail]
See full public log
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