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North Bucks Branch Archive Project

Main Branch site:

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:

Corrections to analysis of bell harmonics at Olney - December 2024
Addition of minutes of recent officers' meetings - January 2025
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


TowerDedicationBellsmp3
Old BradwellSt Lawrence6

 
Peals24
Quarters175
Members8

Fastest peal

TimeDate
2h, 26mSeptember 20, 1994
2h, 29mJuly 1, 1939

Longest peal(s)

Branch events here:

DateEventNotes
September 26, 2015Half Yearly Meeting 
May 1, 2015Call Changes & Plain Hunt 
June 8, 2013Summer Social and Striking Competition 
May 22, 2010Branch PracticeNote 4th Saturday
December 15, 2007Christmas CelebrationBring your own drinks - no alcohol!
March 4, 2006AGM 
December 6, 2003Quarterly Meeting 
April 20, 2001Branch PracticeSpecial Method: London Surprise Minor
 The new 4th is hung
DescriptionThe new 4th is hung
Approx Date1981
Full report 
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Who has circled the tower to peals:

Who has rung the most peals here:

RingerPealsMost Recent
William J French8October 21, 1949
Alexander Coley8February 6, 1932
Thomas C Walters8August 10, 1948
Edward Whitlock7February 14, 1931
Archie J Lathall6October 21, 1949
Charles G Alderman5February 1, 1936
J Edward Whitlock4August 10, 1948
David C Ockwell3January 25, 1987
Martin R Petchey3January 25, 1987
David J Maybrey3January 25, 1987
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 Documented NoteDocumented Note SourceRecorded NoteWeightDiameterCast by
1F#DoveFlat of F#/Gb by 20 cents2 - 2 - 2424Michael de Wymbis in 1310
2EDoveFlat of E by 21 cents3 - 0 - 2525⅛Michael de Wymbis in 1310
3DDoveSharp of D by 12 cents4 - 1 - 2227⅝Alfred Bowell in 1909
4C#DoveSharp of C#/Db by 15 cents4 - 2 - 2029¼M & S in 1981
5BDoveSharp of B by 23 cents6 - 1 - 2232 9/16Alfred Bowell in 1909
6ADoveSharp of A by 14 cents7 - 1 - 1624½Alfred Bowell in 1909
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.
BellTuning
1-51
2-54
3-9
4-4
513
60
History of bells in this tower:
From 1700From 1909From 1981
1 of 4 Michael de Wymbish1 of 6 Michael de Wymbish1 of 6 Michael de Wymbish
2 of 4 Michael de Wymbish2 of 6 Michael de Wymbish2 of 6 Michael de Wymbish
3 of 4 Richard III Chandler3 of 6 Alfred Bowell3 of 6 Alfred Bowell
4 of 4 London ('Balcombe shield')4 of 6 London ('Balcombe shield')4 of 6 Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd
 5 of 6 Alfred Bowell5 of 6 Alfred Bowell
 6 of 6 Alfred Bowell6 of 6 Alfred Bowell
Bellframes Type 8.1.C - a
Double "X" braced frame
Day of Eye 1886
James Shaw of Bradford 1892
Whites of Appleton 1900-1910 (?)
Mears & Stainbank 1906-1910
Bowell of Ipswich 1908-1939

Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"