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Little Torrington, Devon, S Giles
Place Little Torrington
S Giles
Lieutenancy area Devon
Country England
Historic county Devon
Dove tower ID 14455
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 12 cwt in F♯See below
Frames 2See below
Grid reference SS490168
Latitude & longitude 50.93131, -4.14889View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode EX38 8PS
Diocese Exeter
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 5343
Affiliation Devon Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 7 performances here, of which 2 were peals and none were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 12 cwt in F♯
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 12 cwt (~1340 lb or ~610 kg) in F♯ (749.0 Hz)
Projects & overhauls
1804 by John IV Pennington (ring created)
Ring installed
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Peals View 4 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–3–241309.0D♯28.63″1906Mears & StainbankYFC
21154.0C♯30.00″1804John IV PenningtonYFC
31025.5B30.88″1804John IV PenningtonYFC
4968.5A♯32.75″1804John IV PenningtonYFC
5847.5G♯35.75″1804John IV PenningtonYFC
612 cwt749.0F♯40.25″1804John IV PenningtonYFC
Source: JGMS; Dove tenor wt; D Sloman; N Bowden; J Clarke
Contributed by: [John Scott]
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
211925OakHarry Stokes6.B
12,3,4,5,6c1804Oak? John IV Pennington6.A5.1
Update log
23/12/2023Frame Fr1: maker amended [See T&B Devon, Scott via Tim Jackson]
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