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Lewes, East Sussex, S John Bapt, Southover
Place Lewes, Southover
S John Bapt
or Southover
Shown in county lists as Lewes, Southover
Lieutenancy area East Sussex
Country England
Historic county Sussex
Dove tower ID 15805
Rings 10 (full-circle ring), tenor 17–1–20 in ESee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TQ412096
Latitude & longitude 50.86909, 0.00597View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode BN7 1JA
Diocese Chichester
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 3575
Also Toilet
Affiliation Sussex County Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 299 performances here, of which 76 were peals and 20 were in the last two years
Ring of 10, tenor 17–1–20 in E
Bells 10 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 17–1–20 (1952 lb or 885 kg) in E (673.0 Hz)
All rings
1017–1–20 in E10 as tenor
67–1–23 in B6 as tenor
Practices Tue
Projects & overhauls
1839 by Thomas II Mears (ring created)
Ring installed
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Peals View 367 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Simulator
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–2–41728.5G♯25.50″1905Mears & StainbankDNFC
25–0–21538.0F♯27.00″1905Mears & StainbankDNFC
35–2–231369.5E29.13″1839Thomas II MearsY4FC
45–2–151282.5D♯29.75″1839Thomas II MearsY4FC
56–1–61133.5C♯31.50″1839Thomas II MearsY4FC
67–1–231020.0B33.63″1839Thomas II MearsY4FC
78–0–25913.0A35.19″1839Thomas II MearsY4FC
89–2–7859.5G♯38.00″1839Thomas II MearsY4FC
911–0–7753.0F♯40.25″1839Thomas II MearsY4FC
1017–1–20673.0E46.25″1839Thomas II MearsY4FC
Source: M Smith; A Baldock(GPE:RW1980/p198); TimJ(R Neal;N Bowden); JCB; D Sloman
Contributed by: Martin Smith
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,101906TimberMears & Stainbank6.A10.4
Contributed by: David Sloman
Update log
14/09/20221-10: canons, turning added [Kye Leaver (visited 11/09/2022)]
28/08/2022Fr1: layout added [Sussex Bells & Belfries by George P Elphick via Kye Leaver]
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