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Rainhill, Merseyside, S Bartholomew (RC)
Place Rainhill
S Bartholomew
Shown in county lists as Rainhill, S Bartholomew
Metropolitan borough St Helens
Lieutenancy area Merseyside
Country England
Historic county Lancashire
Dove tower ID 16280
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 2–2–6 in FSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SJ501903
Latitude & longitude 53.40773, -2.75064View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode L35 6NY
Archdiocese Liverpool
Church Roman Catholic Church
Listed grade II by Historic England
Affiliation Lancashire Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 58 performances here, of which 5 were peals and 5 were in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 2–2–6 in F
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 2–2–6 (286 lb or 130 kg) in F (1398.0 Hz)
Practices Tue
Peals View 11 peals in the Felstead Database
Additional information Dutch bells
Tuning: major 3rd tuning
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
10–3–272352.0D15.00″1991EijsboutsFNFC
21–0–52093.5C16.00″1991EijsboutsFNFC
31–1–11869.0B♭17.00″1991EijsboutsFNFC
41–2–11766.0A20.00″1991EijsboutsFNFC
52–0–51570.0G21.00″1991EijsboutsFNFC
62–2–61398.0F22.00″c1984EijsboutsFNFC
Source: S Austin; D Sloman
Contributed by: Sam Austin
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,61992SteelMerseyside Bell Restoration Group8.1.B.a6.7
Contributed by: David Sloman
Update log
18/02/2025Ringing has now resumed [Bryan McCahey via #008260]
04/11/2024Ringing suspended temporarily [Bryan McCahey #007657]
07/06/20231-6: nominal added [Recorded by Nick Willasey, analysed by Nick Bowden and Bill Hibbert]
24/04/2023Tuning added; frame Fr1: material amended, maker, truss, layout added [Nick Willasey (Merseyside Bell Restoration Group (MBRG))]
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