Tower details

Place	Great Hormead S Nicholas
Lieutenancy area	Hertfordshire
Country	England
Historic county	Hertfordshire
Dove tower ID	14200
Rings	6 (full-circle ring), tenor 12 cwt in F♯See below
Frames	1See below
Grid reference	TL399295
Latitude & longitude	51.94697, 0.03530View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
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Postcode	SG9 0NH
Diocese	St Albans
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	II* by Historic England
Church heritage record	11230
URL	http://www.hcacr.org.uk/bstortford/ghormead/index.html
Affiliation	Hertford County Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 37 performances here, of which 7 were peals and 2 were in the last two years

Bells	6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	12 cwt (~1340 lb or ~610 kg) in F♯ (728.0 Hz)
Practices	Tue (exc Summer)
Overhauled	1952 by Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Projects & events	2List
Tuned	1952
Peals	View 17 peals in the Felstead Database
Also	Ground floor ringing chamber

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	4¾ cwt		D♯	28.75″	1701	Richard Keene	R	4	FC
	2	5¾ cwt		C♯	31.00″	1845	Charles & George Mears	R	4	FC
	3	6½ cwt		B	33.00″	1606†	Richard Holdfield	R	4	FC
	4	8 cwt		A♯	36.25″	1626	Miles I Graye	R	4	FC
	5	9½ cwt		G♯	39.00″	1623	Miles I Graye	R	4	FC
	6	12 cwt	728.0	F♯	43.00″	1623	Miles I Graye	R	4	FC

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1	1,2,3,4,5,6	1952	Cast iron	Mears & Stainbank

Contributed by: Philip Denton

04/10/2023	GF added [Jen Johnson, from local knowledge]
10/09/2023	Project completed [David Potter #005607]
21/02/2023	Ringing chamber to be relocated to the ground floor with new rope guide and some bells to be re-roped [David Potter via #004603]