Tower details

Place	Tilehurst S Michael
Unitary authority	Reading
Lieutenancy area	Berkshire
Country	England
Historic county	Berkshire
Dove tower ID	16254
Rings	8 (full-circle ring), tenor 17–1–15 in ESee below
Frames	1See below
Grid reference	SU673729
Latitude & longitude	51.45132, -1.03212View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	RG30 4JX
Diocese	Oxford
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	II by Historic England
Church heritage record	9708
URL	http://odg.org.uk/reading/towers/tilehurst-st-michael/
Affiliation	Oxford Diocesan Guild
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 309 performances here, of which 14 were peals and 29 were in the last two years

Bells	8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	17–1–15 (1947 lb or 883 kg) in E (653.5 Hz)
Practices	Wed
Projects & overhauls	1970 (major overhaul) List all
Peals	View 100 peals in the Felstead Database
Also	Simulator

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	5–0–2	1316.5	E	28.50″	1970	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC
	2	5–3–13	1253.5	D♯	29.00″	1885	Mears & Stainbank	R	8	FC
	3	7–0–10	1108.5	C♯	32.75″	1723	Henry III Bagley	R	8	FC
	4	8–0–23	987.5	B	34.00″	1723	Henry III Bagley	R	8	FC
	5	8–0–12	876.5	A	36.75″	1970	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC
	6	10–2–1	830.5	G♯	39.00″	1723	Henry III Bagley	R	8	FC
	7	12–0–21	738.5	F♯	42.00″	1978	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC
	8	17–1–15	653.5	E	46.25″	1723	Henry III Bagley	R	8	FC

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8	1885	Oak	Mears & Stainbank

Contributed by: John Baldwin

22/12/2022	7: weight amended [Whitechapel records via David Sloman #004300]
16/08/2019	URL amended; PN start time of 19:00 >> 19:30 [John Gwynne via e-mail]