| Weston Underwood | St Laurence | 6 |
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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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| Photo Description | Yet another Alfred Bowell installation. A very enjoyable ring that deserve to be rung more often. |
| Approx Date | 1990 |
| | At the Branch Officers' Meeting on 20th August, final arrangements for the September Half Yearly Meeting at Weston Underwood were discussed. As Helen is making arrangements and taking names for tea, it was agreed that she should also coordinate the officers' efforts to provide sandwiches etc.
The project to improve Maids Moreton bells was discussed in light of costs
now being higher than originally anticipated. The officers felt that, as a grant
of £100 had been provisionally offered, the membership at the meeting might want
to increase that figure but that the officers would feel uncomfortable
recommending anything higher than £200.
It was decided to put back the proposed maintenance course until the end of
March 2007 to give more time to publicise and organise it. |
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Branch events here:
| April 10, 2015 | Call Changes & Plain Hunt | |
| October 13, 2012 | Branch Practice | |
| September 9, 2006 | Autumn Meeting | |
| June 18, 2004 | Branch 6 Bell Striking Competition | |
| November 16, 2001 | Branch Practice | Double Oxford Bob Minor |
| February 18, 2000 | Branch Practice | Special Method: Little Bob Minor |
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Peals
Who has circled the tower to peals:
| No-one has circled this tower |
Who has rung the most peals here:
| Reginald H Howson | 2 | September 18, 1948 |
| Victor S Adams | 2 | September 18, 1948 |
| Timothy A Wooding | 2 | January 15, 1983 |
| Arthur R Armstrong | 2 | September 18, 1948 |
| Edith Sharp | 2 | September 18, 1948 |
| Frederick W Mynard | 1 | October 26, 1946 |
| Frederick J Mynard | 1 | April 24, 1920 |
| Ernest G Mynard | 1 | April 24, 1920 |
| Eric Billings | 1 | April 9, 1960 |
| Edwin S Mynard | 1 | April 24, 1920 |
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Bell Frame
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| 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"
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The bells now
| 1 | | | Sharp of F by 10 cents | - - | 26¼ | Henry Bagley in 1687 |
| 2 | | | Flat of D#/Eb by 22 cents | - - | 27⅞ | Henry Bagley in 1687 |
| 3 | | | Flat of C#/Db by 22 cents | - - | 29 | Henry Bagley in 1687 |
| 4 | | | Flat of C by 2 cents | - - | 31¾ | Henry Bagley in 1687 |
| 5 | | | Flat of A#/Bb by 6 cents | - - | 35 | Henry Bagley in 1687 |
| 6 | G# | Dove | Flat of G#/Ab by 1 cents | 9 - 3 - 1 | 38 | Alfred Bowell in 1914 |
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Tuning
The figures and diagram 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 | 14 |
| 2 | -29 |
| 3 | -33 |
| 4 | -3 |
| 5 | -11 |
| 6 | 0 |
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History of bells in this tower:
| 1 of 6 Matthew I & Henry II Bagley | | |
| 2 of 6 Matthew I & Henry II Bagley | | |
| 3 of 6 Henry II Bagley | | |
| 4 of 6 Matthew I Bagley | | |
| 5 of 6 Matthew I Bagley | | |
| 6 of 6 Matthew I & Henry II Bagley | 6 of 6 William Emerton | 6 of 6 Alfred Bowell |
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