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East Crompton, Greater Manchester, S James
Place East Crompton
S James
or Shaw
Metropolitan borough Oldham
Lieutenancy area Greater Manchester
Country England
Historic county Lancashire
Dove tower ID 14199
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 9–3–15 in A♭See below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SD939093
Latitude & longitude 53.58086, -2.09276View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode OL2 7TD
Diocese Manchester
Church Church of England
Listed grade II by Historic England
Church heritage record 8276
Affiliation Lancashire Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 124 performances here, of which 49 were peals and 4 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 9–3–15 in A♭
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 9–3–15 (1107 lb or 502 kg) in A♭ (840.0 Hz)
Practices Wed
Projects & overhauls
1955 by Mears & Stainbank (ring created)
Ring installed
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Peals View 133 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–0–251684.0A♭23.75″1955Mears & StainbankFNFC
23–2–91576.0G24.75″1955Mears & StainbankFNFC
33–2–171402.0F26.00″1955Mears & StainbankFNFC
44–1–141260.0E♭28.00″1955Mears & StainbankFNFC
55–0–161120.0D♭30.00″1955Mears & StainbankFNFC
65–2–21052.0C31.00″1955Mears & StainbankFNFC
77–0–25944.0B♭34.00″1955Mears & StainbankFNFC
89–3–15840.0A♭38.00″1955Mears & StainbankFNFC
Source: M Chester(J Greenhough; C Noden); R Offen(twr notice); TimJ(T&Bs Hbk edn1); D Sloman(WBF)
Contributed by: Mike Chester
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,81955Cast ironMears & Stainbank8.3.A.h8.3
Contributed by: Richard Offen
Update log
01/01/2023Frame Fr1: material amended
06/02/20221-8: nominal amended [Nigel Taylor's personal tuning records]
05/02/20221-7: nominal added. 8: nominal amended from the foundry value to that measured at the same time as the others. PN deleted. [Robert D G Hodgetts, analysed Nick Bowden]
11/02/20218: nominal added (840Hz) which is the foundry value. [WBF records (Richard Offen) via Email]
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