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:
| October 18, 2014 | Branch Practice | |
| June 16, 2012 | Summer Social and Striking competition | |
| September 12, 2009 | Autumn Meeting | |
| May 19, 2006 | Branch Practice | Special Method: Kent TB Minor |
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| Description | Padbury Church |
| Approx Date | 2011 |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
| William A Yates | 7 | March 27, 1993 |
| George W Holland | 6 | November 18, 1989 |
| Frederick Vickers | 5 | October 21, 1963 |
| Raymond A Vickers | 3 | July 1, 2011 |
| James Linnell | 3 | October 21, 1963 |
| Ruth Stokes | 3 | July 1, 2011 |
| Barry R Eglesfield | 2 | September 30, 2006 |
| Frederick C Case | 2 | November 11, 1950 |
| Charles E Truman | 2 | October 21, 1963 |
| David Burbridge | 1 | February 10, 1962 |
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| 1 | F | | Flat of F by 2 cents | - - | 28 | John Briant in 1806 |
| 2 | D# | | Flat of D#/Eb by 3 cents | - - | 28¾ | John Briant in 1806 |
| 3 | C# | | Sharp of C#/Db by 21 cents | - - | 30¾ | John Briant in 1806 |
| 4 | B | | Sharp of C by 16 cents | - - | 32 | John Briant in 1806 |
| 5 | A# | | Sharp of A#/Bb by 8 cents | - - | 34 | John Briant in 1806 |
| 6 | Ab | Dove | Sharp of G#/Ab by 5 cents | 10 - 2 - 0 | 38 | John Briant in 1806 |
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, Henry III Bagley, 1716 | 1 of 6, John Briant, 1806 |
| 2 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1716 | 2 of 6, John Briant, 1806 |
| 3 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1716 | 3 of 6, John Briant, 1806 |
| 4 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1716 | 4 of 6, John Briant, 1806 |
| 5 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1716 | 5 of 6, John Briant, 1806 |
| 6 of 6, Henry III Bagley, 1716 | 6 of 6, John Briant, 1806 |
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Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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