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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| Stoke Goldington | St Peter | 6 |
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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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Branch events here:
| May 12, 2012 | Branch Practice | |
| December 2, 2011 | Rounds and Call Change Practice | |
| June 20, 2008 | Branch 6-bell Striking Competition | |
| July 15, 2005 | Branch Practice | |
| June 1, 2003 | Quarterly Meeting | |
| July 19, 2002 | Branch Practice | Kent & Oxford TB |
| June 16, 2000 | Branch Practice | Focus on Rounds and Call Changes |
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| Description | The bells with villagers |
| Approx Date | 1940 |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
| P David Taylor | 4 | December 4, 1982 |
| B Douglas Hird | 3 | December 4, 1982 |
| Timothy A Wooding | 3 | December 4, 1982 |
| John R Mayne | 2 | May 30, 1996 |
| Malcolm G Hooton | 2 | August 9, 1975 |
| Denis G Pearson | 1 | January 13, 1979 |
| Joyce Clarke | 1 | August 29, 1970 |
| Joshua J Partridge | 1 | December 3, 1932 |
| John F Murray | 1 | June 20, 1981 |
| Jill E Reeves | 1 | June 20, 1981 |
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| 1 | D | Weight Board | Flat of D by 18 cents | 5 - 7 - 2 | 30 | M & S in 1952 |
| 2 | C | Weight Board | Sharp of C by 12 cents | 6 - 0 - 0 | 32¼ | Penn in 1707 |
| 3 | Bb | Weight Board | Sharp of A#/Bb by 2 cents | 7 - 2 - 6 | 34¼ | Robert Atton in 1625 |
| 4 | A | Weight Board | Flat of A by 2 cents | 8 - 2 - 0 | 36½ | Robert Atton in 1625 |
| 5 | G | Weight Board | Sharp of G by 4 cents | 12 - 1 - 0 | 40½ | Robert Atton in 1625 |
| 6 | F | Weight Board | Flat of F by 4 cents | 13 - 1 - 22 | 43 | M & S in 1952 |
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, Mears & Stainbank, 1952 |
| | 1 of 5, Henry Penn, 1707 | 2 of 6, Henry Penn, 1707 |
| 1 of 4, Robert Atton, 1625 | 2 of 5, Robert Atton, 1625 | 3 of 6, Robert Atton, 1625 |
| 2 of 4, Robert Atton, 1625 | 3 of 5, Robert Atton, 1625 | 4 of 6, Robert Atton, 1625 |
| 3 of 4, Robert Atton, 1625 | 4 of 5, Robert Atton, 1625 | 5 of 6, Robert Atton, 1625 |
| 4 of 4, Robert Atton, 1625 | 5 of 5, Robert Atton, 1625 | 6 of 6, Mears & Stainbank, 1952 |
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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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