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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| Hanslope | St James the Great | 8 |
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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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Branch events here:
| June 6, 2014 | Call Changes & Plain Hunt | |
| December 7, 2013 | Mince Pies, Mulled Wine and Ringing | |
| July 5, 2013 | Call Changes & Plain Hunt Practice | |
| April 20, 2013 | Branch Change Ringing Practice | Following on from the introduction to all the "builder" methods at Wicken, we hope to take the next step with these. So on the agenda are: Touches of Grandsire, Stedman and, possibly, Erin Triples, touches of Plain, Little, Double Norwich. Then there are Kent and/or Oxford TB.<br/>This is an opportunity to get into change ringing with a decent ring of bells and reasonably reliable ringers as well as a reminder for experienced ringers. |
| June 1, 2012 | Rounds and Call Change Practice | |
| July 2, 2011 | Inter-Branch Striking competition | |
| March 7, 2009 | AGM | |
| November 18, 2006 | Joint practice with Towcester Branch | |
| January 20, 2006 | Branch Practice | Special Methods: Bristol S Major and Plain Bob Major |
| May 2, 2005 | Guild Ringing Day and 8-bell competition | |
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| Description | Wedding |
| Approx Date | 1697 |
| Full report | Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keeves pictured after their wedding at St. James church, Hanslope, on April 1.
Formerly Miss Judith Rosalynd Pell, the bride is the only daughter of Mrs. E. Pell, of 19 Windrush Road, Hardingstone, Northampton. The bridegroom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Keeves of 2 Williams Close, Hanslope. |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
| Richard Haseldine | 19 | September 1, 2012 |
| Andrew Haseldine | 14 | September 1, 2012 |
| Alan C Cozens | 13 | September 1, 2012 |
| Christopher C Stokes | 11 | September 1, 2012 |
| Roy Keeves | 9 | November 13, 1999 |
| Julie A Haseldine | 9 | September 1, 2012 |
| Ruth Stokes | 7 | September 1, 2012 |
| George E Green | 7 | November 13, 1999 |
| Nicholas Gray | 6 | November 13, 1999 |
| James A Haseldine | 4 | September 1, 2012 |
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| 1 | | | Sharp of D#/Eb by 19 cents | 5 - 0 - 25 | 29 | M & S in 1947 |
| 2 | | | Sharp of D by 9 cents | 5 - 3 - 0 | 30 | M & S in 1947 |
| 3 | | | Sharp of C by 20 cents | 6 - 0 - 0 | 32 | Alfred Bowell in 1906 |
| 4 | | | Sharp of A#/Bb by 14 cents | 8 - 2 - 0 | 35½ | Taylor in 1815 |
| 5 | | | Sharp of G#/Ab by 19 cents | 10 - 1 - 0 | 37½ | Edward Hall in 1752 |
| 6 | | | Sharp of G by 16 cents | 10 - 1 - 0 | 37½ | Alfred Bowell in 1906 |
| 7 | | | Sharp of F by 3 cents | 15 - 0 - 0 | 43 | Robert Atton in 1626 |
| 8 | Eb | Dove | Sharp of D#/Eb by 4 cents | 22 - 0 - 0 | 50 | John Briant in 1814 |
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.
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 4 | 15 |
| 5 | 30 |
| 6 | 25 |
| 7 | -4 |
| 8 | 0 |
History of bells in this tower:
| | | | | | 1 of 8, Mears & Stainbank, 1947 |
| | | | | | 2 of 8, Mears & Stainbank, 1947 |
| | | | | 1 of 6, Alfred Bowell, 1906 | 3 of 8, Alfred Bowell, 1906 |
| | | | 1 of 5, Robert Taylor, 1815 | 2 of 6, Robert Taylor, 1815 | 4 of 8, Robert Taylor, 1815 |
| | 2 of 5, Edward Hall, 1752 | | | 3 of 6, Edward Hall, 1752 | 5 of 8, Edward Hall, 1752 |
| 3 of 5, Robert Atton, 1625 | | | | 4 of 6, Alfred Bowell, 1906 | 6 of 8, Alfred Bowell, 1906 |
| 4 of 5, Robert Atton, 1626 | | | | 5 of 6, Robert Atton, 1626 | 7 of 8, Robert Atton, 1626 |
| | | 5 of 5, John Briant, 1814 | | 6 of 6, John Briant, 1814 | 8 of 8, John Briant, 1814 |
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Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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