✖
  • Home
  • About Dove
  • Towers
  • Frames
  • Bells
  • Founders
  • Projects
  • Site Map
  • Help
≡Dove’s Guide for Church Bell Ringers
⚲
✖
Wherwell, Hampshire, S Peter & Holy Cross
PlaceWherwell
S Peter & Holy Cross
Lieutenancy areaHampshire
CountryEngland
Historic countyHampshire
Dove tower ID16509
Rings5 U/R (full-circle ring), tenor 7 cwt in B♭See below
Frames2See below
Grid referenceSU391408
Latitude & longitude51.16529, -1.44161View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & longNo optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
PostcodeSP11 7JJ
DioceseWinchester
Church groupChurch of England
Listed gradeII* by Historic England
Church heritage record14108
URLhttps://www.wpbells.org/towers/wherwell/
AffiliationWinchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild
PerformancesSearch for performances on BellBoardCustomise
As of last night, BellBoard listed 10 performances here, of which 2 were peals and none were in the last two years
Peal boardsNo peal boards have been uploaded to BellBoard yet
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
Ring of 5, tenor 7 cwt in B♭
Bells5 U/R (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor7 cwt (~780 lb or ~360 kg) in B♭ (957.0 Hz)
Projects & overhauls
Date unknown by Whitechapel Bell Foundry (abandoned)
Remove canons on 1; turn, rehang all 5 on new h/s; (also CBC papers)
List all
PealsView 5 peals in the Felstead Database
Additional informationUnringable
Anticlockwise
Ellacombe apparatus
BellWeightFrequencyNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13 cwt1429.0F23.00″1858John Warner & SonsYFC
2<4–1–181286.0E♭25.63″1950Gillett & JohnstonFFC
33¾ cwt1221.5D26.38″1707†William and Robert CorRFC
44¾ cwt1083.0C28.75″1707†William and Robert CorRFC
57 cwt957.0B♭32.25″1707†William and Robert CorRFC
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
21, 2Oak
13, 4, 5Oak
Update log
12/12/2021Project abandoned [Tim Jackson]
08/05/2021Additional information updated (Has an active band of chimers who use the Ellacombe) [David Etchells, local contact]
See full public log
Copyright © 2003–2026 Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
Content: Dove Team – Programming: Richard Smith & Sid Baldwin.
Download data
Admin Login   Acknowledgements