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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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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Branch events here:
| August 20, 2016 | Branch Practice | |
| June 7, 2014 | Summer Social & Striking Competition | |
| October 16, 2010 | Branch Practice | |
| June 7, 2008 | Summer Social | |
| February 20, 2004 | Branch Practice | |
| June 8, 2002 | Quarterly Meeting | Note change of date |
| April 28, 2000 | Beginners Striking Competition | |
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| Description | The bells delivered from Ipswich |
| Approx Date | 1906 |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
| Raymond A Vickers | 11 | February 28, 2013 |
| Herbert Jones | 9 | December 30, 1950 |
| William A Yates | 8 | October 28, 1995 |
| George W Holland | 8 | November 2, 1974 |
| Andrew Haseldine | 7 | February 28, 2013 |
| Julie A Haseldine | 7 | February 28, 2013 |
| Mark Regan | 6 | March 1, 1997 |
| Richard W Yates | 6 | April 2, 2018 |
| Ellis Nichols | 5 | December 30, 1950 |
| Christopher C Stokes | 4 | October 21, 2010 |
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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 5, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | | 2 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | 1 of 6, John Taylor & Co, 1950 |
| 2 of 5, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | | 3 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | 2 of 6, John Taylor & Co, 1950 |
| 3 of 5, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | | 4 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | 3 of 6, John Taylor & Co, 1950 |
| 4 of 5, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | | 5 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | 4 of 6, John Taylor & Co, 1950 |
| | | 5 of 6, Alfred Bowell, 1906 | 5 of 6, John Taylor & Co, 1950 |
| 5 of 5, Henry III Bagley, 1717 | 5 of 5, John Briant, 1806 | 6 of 6, John Briant, 1806 | 6 of 6, John Taylor & Co, 1950 |
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Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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