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Meltham, West Yorkshire, S Bartholomew
Place Meltham
S Bartholomew
Metropolitan borough Kirklees
Lieutenancy area West Yorkshire
Country England
Historic county Yorkshire
Dove tower ID 14150
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 12–2–22 in FSee below
4 (chime)See below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference SE099106
Latitude & longitude 53.59216, -1.85157View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode HD9 5NN
Diocese Leeds
Church Church of England
Listed grade II by Historic England
Church heritage record 13876
Affiliation Yorkshire Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 34 performances here, of which none were peals and 6 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 12–2–22 in F
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 12–2–22 (1422 lb or 645 kg) in F (688.0 Hz)
Practices Thu 19:00
Overhauled
2014 by John Taylor & Co
Overhaul (+ structural repairs to tower)
1936 by John Taylor & Co
Tuned 1936
Peals View 3 peals in the Felstead Database
Additional information The ringing bells form part of a 10-bell chime
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
15–3–181156.0D31.25″1835†W & J TaylorRFC
25–2–211029.5C32.00″1835†W & J TaylorRFC
36–1–17918.0B♭34.38″1835†W & J TaylorRFC
47–1–10866.0A36.50″1835†W & J TaylorRFC
59–0–19772.0G39.25″1835†W & J TaylorRFC
612–2–22688.0F43.75″1835†W & J TaylorRFC
Source: GAD NBR; D Greenwood; CBC; A Higson; JT website(node 77)
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Chime of 4
Bells 4 (chime)Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
RealTransp
11–3–241543.0GE21.00″1936John Taylor & CoF
22–1–241375.0FD23.00″1936John Taylor & CoF
32–3–231298.0EC24.50″1936John Taylor & CoF
43–1–221224.0E♭B26.00″1936John Taylor & CoF
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
81,2,3,4 of chime1879TimberGillett & Bland
11,2,3,4,5,6 of 61936Cast iron & steelJohn Taylor & Co
Contributed by: John Baldwin
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