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Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, S Giles
Place Chalfont St Giles
S Giles
Unitary authority Buckinghamshire
Lieutenancy area Buckinghamshire
Country England
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Dove tower ID 15717
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 7–3–15 in GSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 3See below
Grid reference SU990935
Latitude & longitude 51.63162, -0.56978View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode HP8 4QF
Diocese Oxford
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 9800
Also Toilet
URL https://www.csgparish.church/about-us/bellringing/
Affiliation Oxford Diocesan Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 238 performances here, of which 199 were peals and 2 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 7–3–15 in G
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 7–3–15 (883 lb or 401 kg) in G (802.0 Hz)
Practices Tue
Overhauled
1996 by Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Tuned 1996
Peals View 198 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
Additional information County books / DBR info discrepant
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–0–151603.6G24.00″1983Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
23–2–141513.5F♯24.81″1983Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
33–2–251349.4E26.69″1764Lester & PackR4FC
43–3–151201.0D26.94″1742Robert CatlinR8FC
54–3–01070.2C29.88″1764Lester & PackR4FC
63–3–231010.2B29.19″1820Thomas II MearsR4FC
76–1–15900.0A33.06″1996Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
87–3–15802.0G37.56″1820Thomas II MearsR4FC
Source: P Davies(Cocks;twr website,J Davidge); JCB(Smith Bucks BB); TimJ(N Taylor)
Contributed by: [Peter Davies]
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Clock½ cwtF13.50″1928Mears & StainbankF
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
23,4,5,6,7,8
– 2.1Clock
11,21983Local labour/guild/assn
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Update log
04/12/2023URL amended [Error detected by Dove Tower URL Checker (http://www.chalfontstgilesparishchurch.com/bell-ringing gives 504 error (gateway timeout))]
13/06/20191-8: nominal amended; 2-8: diam amended [Tim Jackson via 00013452]
18/05/2019Treble wt discrepancy wrt Smith noted (pNBR value confirmed) [pNBR value 3-0-15 ex WBF list in tower (per P Denton) via JCB]
18/05/2019all: frameid added; 1-8: turning added; clk: wt,date,f'der added [John Baldwin via database]
18/05/2019fr1,fr2: info added [John Baldwin via database]
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