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West Stow, Suffolk, S Mary
Place West Stow
S Mary
Lieutenancy area Suffolk
Country England
Historic county Suffolk
Dove tower ID 16730
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 15 cwt in FSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TL819705
Latitude & longitude 52.30302, 0.66667View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode IP28 6ET
Diocese St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 11872
Also Toilet
URL http://www.suffolkbells.org.uk/towers/weststow1.php
Affiliation Suffolk Guild
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 29 performances here, of which 8 were peals and 1 was in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 15 cwt in F
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 15 cwt (~1680 lb or ~760 kg) in F (700.0 Hz)
Peals View 24 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
15–3–121193.0D31.00″1849Charles & George MearsYNFC
25¾ cwt1050.0C29.50″1631John DraperY4FC
37 cwt925.0B♭32.25″1629John DraperY4FC
48 cwt862.0A34.88″1629John DraperY4FC
511 cwt775.0G40.25″1674John DarbieY4FC
615 cwt700.0F43.00″1631John DraperY4FC
Source: Raven; Dove tenor wt; SGR website; P Denton(RWMC)
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6c1849OakLocal labour/guild/assn6.A6.7
Contributed by: Philip Denton
Update log
24/03/2020Tue PN no longer held; indication of toilet facility added [Neal Dodge via e-mail]
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