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Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire, S John Bapt
Place Parson Drove
S John Bapt
Lieutenancy area Cambridgeshire
Country England
Historic county Cambridgeshire
Dove tower ID 17018
Rings 5 U/R (full-circle ring), tenor 10½ cwt in ASee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference TF390090
Latitude & longitude 52.66163, 0.05404View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
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Postcode PE13 4LG
Ownership Churches Conservation Trust
Diocese Ely
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 18562
URL http://wisbech.elyda.org.uk/towers/parson-drove-details
Affiliation Ely Diocesan Association
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Ring of 5, tenor 10½ cwt in A
Bells 5 U/R (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 10½ cwt (~1180 lb or ~530 kg) in A (860.5 Hz)
Peals No peals listed in the Felstead Database
Also Ground floor ringing chamber
Additional information Unringable
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14¾ cwt1292.6E28.43″c1787Thomas OsbornYNFC
25 cwt1182.3D29.37″1787Thomas OsbornYNFC
35½ cwt1108.9C♯30.71″1787Thomas OsbornYNFC
47¼ cwt973.3B34.06″1787Thomas OsbornYNFC
510½ cwt860.5A38.50″1787Thomas OsbornYNFC
Source: C Pickford; TimJ(#287)
Contributed by: Chris Pickford
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
1 [1]1,2,3,4,5c1499Oak5.M3.1
Frame modifications:
Frame 1: 1787
Tall frame layout 3.1 altered to take 5 by the addition of new longer heads over the old trusses.
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Notes

[1]Frame Fr1 layout

Frame Fr1 is a three-bell frame adapted to take five bells; bells are laid out within the frame as per Layout 5.4 (Reversed).

Published: 15/12/2024

Update log
07/03/2024CofE Diocese added [CHR]
21/10/2023Frame Fr1: truss, layout amended [Bill Hibbert, from personal visit]
17/07/20231-5: weight amended [An advert from William Dobson in the Stamford Mercury of 31 July 1807, copied in an RW article in issue 4699, 18 May 2001 page 525, gives the weight of the Parson Drove tenor as 10cwt approx, not 12. The revised weights are estimated, using the nominal and diameter of each bell, based on figures for 462 Osborn and Dobson bells via Bill Hibbert#005355]
05/07/20231-5: nominal amended; 1-4: diameter added; 1-5: canons, turning added [Bells recorded 30/6/2023 via Bill Hibbert #005285]
31/12/2022Frame Fr1 modification noted [Robert Walker "Cambridge Bell Frames"]
21/06/2020Tenor note amended [Chris Pickford (pNBR #13854) via pNBR]
21/06/20201-5: nominal added,note amended; 5: diam added [Chris Pickford via 00013854]
18/06/20201-5: frameid added; fr1: details added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
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