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:
| February 6, 2015 | Call Changes & Plain Hunt | |
| March 7, 2014 | Call Changes & Plain Hunt | |
| July 20, 2013 | Branch Change Ringing Practice | |
| March 1, 2013 | Rounds and Call Change Practice | |
| August 22, 2009 | Branch Practice | |
| June 3, 2006 | Saturday Meeting | |
| April 16, 2004 | Branch Practice | |
| January 18, 2002 | Branch Practice | Little Bob Minor |
| August 18, 2000 | Branch Practice | Special Method: Stedman Doubles |
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| Description | The previous church at Calverton |
| Approx Date | 1800 |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
| Walter W Bonham | 24 | April 26, 1923 |
| Herbert C Edwards | 23 | January 24, 1964 |
| Thomas C Tompkins | 20 | May 14, 1932 |
| Cecil A Valentine | 19 | October 2, 1920 |
| Edwin A Yates | 14 | April 26, 1923 |
| Albert J Green | 12 | November 19, 1927 |
| Andrew Haseldine | 12 | November 19, 2022 |
| Ruth Stokes | 10 | November 19, 2022 |
| Richard Haseldine | 9 | November 19, 2022 |
| Ernest C Lambert | 9 | May 14, 1932 |
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| 0 | | | Sharp of D#/Eb by 27 cents | 4 - - | 25¼ | Alfred Bowell in 1905 |
| 1 | | | Flat of G#/Ab by 33 cents | 3 - 3 - 9 | 24⅜ | Wesley in 2019 |
| 2 | | | Sharp of F#/Gb by 40 cents | 3 - 3 - 25 | 25⅜ | Wesley in 2019 |
| 3 | | | Sharp of E by 39 cents | 4 - 1 - 25 | 26¾ | Wesley in 2019 |
| 4 | | | Flat of D#/Eb by 31 cents | 5 - 0 - 8 | 28 7/8 | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
| 5 | | | Flat of C#/Db by 23 cents | 5 - 2 - 3 | 30 | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
| 6 | | | Flat of C by 25 cents | 6 - 1 - 27 | 33⅜ | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
| 7 | | | Sharp of A by 26 cents | 6 - 3 - 19 | 35 | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
| 8 | | | Flat of G#/Ab by 17 cents | 9 - 3 - 8 | 38⅜ | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
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.
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | -19 |
| 3 | -14 |
| 4 | -8 |
| 5 | -1 |
| 6 | -8 |
| 7 | -15 |
| 8 | 0 |
History of bells in this tower:
| | | 1 of 8, Westley Group, 2019 |
| | | 2 of 8, Westley Group, 2019 |
| | 1 of 6, Alfred Bowell, 1905 | 3 of 8, Westley Group, 2019 |
| 1 of 5, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 2 of 6, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 4 of 8, W & J Taylor, 1822 |
| 2 of 5, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 3 of 6, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 5 of 8, W & J Taylor, 1822 |
| 3 of 5, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 4 of 6, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 6 of 8, W & J Taylor, 1822 |
| 4 of 5, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 5 of 6, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 7 of 8, W & J Taylor, 1822 |
| 5 of 5, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 6 of 6, W & J Taylor, 1822 | 8 of 8, W & J Taylor, 1822 |
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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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