Main Branch site:
The Branch web site contains up to date information about ringing in North Bucks. Much of the information formerly in this site can now be found there.
Latest on this site:
Correction of Old Bradwell harmonics and trapezoid measurements and addition of inscriptions and photos of bells - April 2025
Adjustment of trapezoid image scaling to show top of long waisted bells - April 2025
New photos of Emberton's bells, treble inscription and 1899-1901 timeline adjusted - May 2025
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| Clifton Reynes | St Mary the Virgin | 6 |
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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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Branch events here:
| March 14, 2015 | AGM | |
| June 18, 2011 | Branch Summer Social and Striking Competition | |
| June 20, 2009 | Summer Social & Branch Striking Competition | |
| June 6, 2009 | Summer Social | Re-arranged to new date and Striking Competition added |
| June 2, 2007 | Summer Ringing and Social (skittles) | |
| June 17, 2005 | Branch 6 Bell Striking Competition | |
| October 19, 2001 | Branch Practice | Cambridge S Minor |
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| Description | Cake for Catherine's first peal |
| Approx Date | 1999 |
| Full report | This cake was made
to celebrate Catherine Stacy's first peal (p.579) and also her 16th birthday on this date. |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
| William Freeman | 10 | July 22, 1923 |
| Frederick J Mynard | 9 | July 22, 1923 |
| Henry W Gayton | 9 | October 24, 1937 |
| Joshua J Partridge | 8 | September 10, 1932 |
| Edwin S Mynard | 7 | July 22, 1923 |
| Amos Smart | 6 | June 6, 1931 |
| L William Jacques | 5 | July 22, 1923 |
| William Sharp | 5 | October 31, 1931 |
| Albert Minney | 4 | September 10, 1932 |
| Frank Boswell | 4 | June 24, 1914 |
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| 1 | | | Exactly F#/Gb | - - | 26 | Alfred Bowell in 1905 |
| 2 | | | Flat of E by 7 cents | - - | 28½ | John Hodson in 1664 |
| 3 | | | Sharp of D by 19 cents | - - | 30 | John Hodson in 1664 |
| 4 | | | Sharp of C#/Db by 7 cents | - - | 31¾ | John Hodson in 1664 |
| 5 | | | Flat of B by 6 cents | - - | 35 | John Hodson in 1664 |
| 6 | A | Dove | Sharp of A by 5 cents | 10 - 2 - 14 | 38½ | John Hodson in 1664 |
The figures below show the difference, in cents, between each bell and what it should be to be in tune with the tenor.
A positive figure shows that the bell is sharp, a negative figure shows that it is flat. There are 100 cents between notes on the scale.
History of bells in this tower:
| | 1 of 6, Alfred Bowell, 1905 |
| 1 of 5, John Hodson, 1664 | 2 of 6, John Hodson, 1664 |
| 2 of 5, John Hodson, 1664 | 3 of 6, John Hodson, 1664 |
| 3 of 5, John Hodson, 1664 | 4 of 6, John Hodson, 1664 |
| 4 of 5, John Hodson, 1664 | 5 of 6, John Hodson, 1664 |
| 5 of 5, John Hodson, 1664 | 6 of 6, John Hodson, 1664 |
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Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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