Tower details

Place	Melbury Osmond S Osmund or Melbury Osmund
Unitary authority	Dorset
Lieutenancy area	Dorset
Country	England
Historic county	Dorset
Dove tower ID	15005
Rings	6 (full-circle ring), tenor 10 cwt in GSee below
Frames	1See below
Grid reference	ST573078
Latitude & longitude	50.86842, -2.60688View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	DT2 0LU
Diocese	Salisbury
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	12047
URL	http://www.sdgr.org.uk/branches/west-dorset/tower-156
Affiliation	Salisbury Diocesan Guild
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 24 performances here, of which 6 were peals and 1 was in the last two years

Bells	6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	10 cwt (~1120 lb or ~510 kg) in G
Overhauled	2024 by Nicholson Engineering Ltd Mechanical overhaul 1954 by Mears & Stainbank Two bells recast. Bells tuned and rehung with all new fittings in a new frame.
Tuned	1954
Peals	View 12 peals in the Felstead Database

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	3–2–27		E	25.88″	1966	Mears & Stainbank	F		FC
	2	4–0–11		D	27.75″	1954	Mears & Stainbank	F		FC
	3	4¾ cwt		C	30.13″	1752†	William Elery & Thomas Roskelly	R		FC
	4	5¾ cwt		B	32.50″	1633	Richard I Purdue	Y		FC
	5	6–3–7		A	33.88″	1954	Mears & Stainbank	F		FC
	6	10 cwt		G	37.75″	1752†	William Elery	Y		FC

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1	1,2,3,4,5,6	1954	Cast iron	Mears & Stainbank	8.3.A	6

12/06/2024	Fr1: truss added; Overhaul description added; alternative place name added [Jack Pease, citing B&B Dorset, Dalton; Crockford]
07/02/2024	Project completed [Andrew Nicholson]
27/09/2023	New project added [Andrew Nicholson]