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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:

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

TowerDedicationBellsmp3
Woughton on the GreenThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary6

 
Peals8
Quarters71
Members7

Fastest peal

TimeDate
2h, 25mMay 28, 1992
2h, 26mSeptember 25, 2005

Longest peal(s)

Branch events here:

DateEventNotes
January 17, 2015Branch Practice 
October 5, 2012Rounds and Call Change Practice 
March 6, 2010AGMand ringing until 8:30
December 3, 2005Quarterly MeetingMince Pies & Cups of Tea
December 19, 2003Branch Practice 
September 21, 2001Branch PracticeBelfast S Minor
December 4, 1999Quarterly Meeting 
Another of our most photogenic churches in an apparently rural setting.
DescriptionAnother of our most photogenic churches in an apparently rural setting.
Approx Date1999
Full report 
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Who has circled the tower to peals:

Who has rung the most peals here:

RingerPealsMost Recent
Albert Fleet4May 6, 1933
Charles W Smith4May 6, 1933
Edmund J Hobbs4May 6, 1933
Horace H Smith3May 6, 1933
B Douglas Hird2September 25, 2005
George F Amor2May 6, 1933
Horace P Giles2May 20, 1929
George E Green1December 31, 1978
Terry J Streeter1May 28, 1992
Arthur E Sharman1August 31, 1927
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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:

From 1653From 1701From 1717From 1771From 1887From 1926
     1 of 6, Mears & Stainbank, 1926
     2 of 6, Mears & Stainbank, 1926
1 of 4, Anthony Chandler, 1653   1 of 4, Gillett & Co, 18873 of 6, Gillett & Co, 1887
  2 of 4, Richard III Chandler, 1717 2 of 4, Gillett & Co, 18874 of 6, Gillett & Co, 1887
 3 of 4, Richard III Chandler, 1701   5 of 6, Richard III Chandler, 1701
   4 of 4, Pack & Chapman, 1771 6 of 6, Pack & Chapman, 1771

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