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Swyre, Dorset, Holy Trinity
Place Swyre
Holy Trinity
Unitary authority Dorset
Lieutenancy area Dorset
Country England
Historic county Dorset
Dove tower ID 23957
Rings 2 (chime), tenor 6½ cwt in BSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SY528882
Latitude & longitude 50.69187, -2.66947View on OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
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Postcode DT2 9BZ
Diocese Salisbury
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 12120
Chime of 2, tenor 6½ cwt in B
Bells 2 (chime)Edit details
Tenor 6½ cwt (728 lb or ~330 kg) in B
Overhauled
1912 by Mears & Stainbank
Rehung on new ringing headstocks in the existing frame, but not fitted with clappers, wheels, or levers.
Additional information Ellacombe apparatus
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
15½ cwtC30.63″c1599†Salisbury foundryYS
26½ cwtB33.00″c1499†Salisbury foundryYS
Details of frame
Frame Bells Year Material Maker Truss Layout
1 1,2 c1799 Timber Unidentified 5.L 3.1
Notes

[1]Source contributor

C J N Dalton, Mar 1992

Published: 23/11/2021

Update log
30/08/2023 1912 rehanging noted [B&B Dorset, C J N Dalton]
11/08/2023 1,2: hanging added. Fr1 added. Ellacombe noted. [B&B Dorset, Dalton via Lewis Benfield]
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