Tower details: Bromham, Wiltshire, S Nicholas

Place	Bromham S Nicholas
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Lieutenancy area	Wiltshire
Country	England
Historic county	Wiltshire
Dove tower ID	16062
Rings	6 (full-circle ring), tenor 15–1–12 in ESee below Other bellsSee below
Frames	2See below
Grid reference	ST963651
Latitude & longitude	51.38570, -2.05440View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	SN15 2JS
Diocese	Salisbury
Church group	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	12476
Also	Toilet
URL	http://www.sdgr.org.uk/branches/calne/tower-33
Affiliation	Salisbury Diocesan Guild
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard Customise As of last night, BellBoard listed 90 performances here, of which 4 were peals and 9 were in the last two years
Peal boards	View peal boards on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard had images of 3 boards recording performances at this tower The Central Council is collecting photographs of all peal boards, and curating and uploading them to BellBoard. This includes material from earlier systems found here.
Biographies	View the biographies of ringers at this tower on the Central Council Ringing History Hub

Bells	6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	15–1–12 (1720 lb or 780 kg) in E (661.0 Hz)
Practices	Tue
Projects & overhauls	2023 by Nicholson Engineering Ltd (major overhaul) Heavy overhaul; underpinning of frame; installation of new ringing chamber ceiling; sound proofing 1875 by John Warner & Sons (ring created) Ring installed List all
Peals	View 11 peals in the Felstead Database
Also	Simulator

Bell	Weight	Frequency	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
1	6–1–16	1114.0	C♯	32.25″	1875	John Warner & Sons	R	Y	FC
2	6–2–18	992.0	B	34.13″	1875	John Warner & Sons	R	Y	FC
3	7–3–22	882.0	A	36.00″	1875	John Warner & Sons	R	Y	FC
4	9–0–22	836.0	G♯	38.13″	1875	John Warner & Sons	R	Y	FC
5	10–1–14	743.0	F♯	41.00″	1875	John Warner & Sons	R	Y	FC
6	15–1–12	661.0	E	45.75″	1875	John Warner & Sons	R	Y	FC

Bells

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	Bell	Weight	Frequency	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	Sanctus [1] [2]	2 cwt	1707.5	A♭	20.50″	c1845	Jefferies & Price	Y	4	D

Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
9 [3]	Sanctus	c1989	Pine	Local firm	6.K	1
1 [4]	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	1875	Oak	Local firm	6.A	6.1

[1]Notes

Sanctus: 6 canons

Published: 23/11/2021; updated: 20/08/2025

[2]Sanctus bell origin

Sanctus bell was transferred from Chittoe after that church became redundant in 1980. [D Powney: Historians’ Digest#2259], Chris Pickford, citing Christopher Dalton papers.

Published: 15/11/2008; updated: 20/08/2025

[3]Frame Fr9 date

Frame Fr9 is thought to date from the 1980s.

Published: 31/03/2024; updated: 23/02/2025

[4]Frame Fr1 maker

Frame Fr1 Maker was (probably) William Powney, village carpenter, to a Warner design.

Published: 26/03/2024; updated: 23/02/2025

14/10/2025	Sanctus: nominal added, note amended [Recorded by Tim Jackson and analysed by Nick Bowden]
20/08/2025	Chime bell amended to Sanctus; Sanctus: turning added; Fr9: truss, layout added [Information provided by Dennis Powney, local contact and Tim Jackson, from personal visit]
07/05/2025	Toilet added [Brenda Parr from personal visit #008583]
02/03/2025	Chime bell: hanging added [Ken Webb, from local knowledge]
03/04/2024	1-6: turning added [Ken Webb, citing Nicholson Engineering report]
31/03/2024	Frame Fr1: truss added; frame Fr9: year, maker added [Ken Webb, local knowledge]
25/03/2024	Frame Fr1 added [Ken Webb, citing book published by Dennis Powney, local ringer]
18/03/2024	Frame Fr9 added [Chris Pickford, citing Christopher Dalton's papers]
25/09/2023	Project completed [Andrew Nicholson]
24/04/2023	New project added [Andrew Nicholson]