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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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| Photo Description | The previous church at Calverton |
| Approx Date | 1800 |
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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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Peals
Who has circled the tower to peals:
| No-one has circled this tower |
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 | 11 | September 29, 2019 |
| James H Tompkins | 9 | November 5, 1919 |
| Ernest C Lambert | 9 | May 14, 1932 |
| Ruth Stokes | 9 | September 29, 2019 |
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Bell Frame
| Bell Frame not yet surveyed |
Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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The bells now
| 0 | | | Sharp of D#/Eb by 27 cents | - - | 25¼ | Alfred Bowell in 1905 |
| 1 | | | Flat of G#/Ab by 33 cents | - - | 24⅜ | Wesley in 2019 |
| 2 | | | Sharp of F#/Gb by 40 cents | - - | 25⅜ | Wesley in 2019 |
| 3 | | | Flat of F by 39 cents | - - | 26¾ | Wesley in 2019 |
| 3 | | | Sharp of E by 39 cents | - - | 26¾ | Wesley in 2019 |
| 4 | | | Flat of D#/Eb by 31 cents | - - | 28 7/8 | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
| 5 | | | Flat of C#/Db by 23 cents | - - | 30 | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
| 6 | | | Flat of C by 25 cents | - - | 33⅜ | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
| 7 | | | Flat of A#/Bb by 26 cents | - - | 35 | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
| 7 | | | Sharp of A by 26 cents | - - | 35 | Taylor Oxford in 1822 |
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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 | 300 |
| 2 | 381 |
| 3 | 386 |
| 4 | 292 |
| 5 | 299 |
| 6 | 392 |
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History of bells in this tower:
| | | 1 of 8 Westley Group |
| | | 2 of 8 Westley Group |
| | 1 of 6 Alfred Bowell | 3 of 8 Westley Group |
| 1 of 5 W & J Taylor | 2 of 6 W & J Taylor | 4 of 8 W & J Taylor |
| 2 of 5 W & J Taylor | 3 of 6 W & J Taylor | 5 of 8 W & J Taylor |
| 3 of 5 W & J Taylor | 4 of 6 W & J Taylor | 6 of 8 W & J Taylor |
| 4 of 5 W & J Taylor | 5 of 6 W & J Taylor | 7 of 8 W & J Taylor |
| 5 of 5 W & J Taylor | 6 of 6 W & J Taylor | 8 of 8 W & J Taylor |
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