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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| Great Brickhill | St Mary the Virgin | 8 |
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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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Branch events here:
| March 5, 2016 | AGM | |
| February 16, 2013 | Branch Surprise Practice | |
| March 12, 2011 | Guild Spring Meeting | |
| November 20, 2010 | Joint Practice | |
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| Description | Peal board in Church |
| Approx Date | 1984 |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
| David Middleton | 3 | September 24, 2022 |
| Robert Tregillus | 3 | September 24, 2022 |
| Nicholas K Allsopp | 2 | September 24, 2022 |
| B Douglas Hird | 2 | March 9, 1991 |
| Ian M Robinson | 2 | September 24, 2022 |
| Michael Chester | 2 | February 1, 2020 |
| Roderick Bickerton | 2 | September 24, 2022 |
| Ronald J Snack | 2 | March 9, 1991 |
| Julie A Tarling | 1 | March 2, 2019 |
| Andrew M Farmer | 1 | July 12, 1992 |
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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 8, Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd, 2009 |
| | | 2 of 8, Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd, 2009 |
| 1 of 6, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 | | 3 of 8, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 |
| 2 of 6, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 | 2 of 6, Thomas II Mears, 1840 | 4 of 8, Thomas II Mears, 1840 |
| 3 of 6, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 | | 5 of 8, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 |
| 4 of 6, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 | | 6 of 8, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 |
| 5 of 6, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 | | 7 of 8, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 |
| 6 of 6, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 | | 8 of 8, William & Thomas Mears, 1789 |
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| Bellframes Type 8.3.A - h |
| As used (with minor differences - some with and some without the lower "stretcher rail") by |
Taylor of Loughborough 1892 to date
Llwellyns & James of Bristol c1904-1925
Mears & Stainbank (Whitechapel) c1920 to date
Whites of Appleton c1955 to date |
Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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