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Drayton Parslow, The Holy Trinity

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One of the Branch's lighter coloured churches, making use of more chalk like local stone.
1999

9 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 30 changes per minute, on 24 February 2011

Fastest peal: 34 changes per minute, on 5 August 1939

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Alan J Frost2
Edgar T Skipsey2
C Knight1
Colin F Loke1
William Welling1
John C Shepperd1
E George Swift1
Robert J Crocker1
Colin M Turner1
Julie A Haseldine1

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1591 to 16301631 to 16381639 to 18411842 to 19341935 to present
    

Taylor Loughborough in 1935

    

Taylor Loughborough in 1935

    

Taylor Loughborough in 1935

Unknown founder - cast before 1591

Unknown in 1631 recast: 1842

Unknown in 1631 recast: 1842

Taylor Loughborough in 1842

Taylor Loughborough in 1842

Unknown founder - cast before 1591

Unknown founder - cast before 1631

James Keene in 1639 recast: 1842

Taylor Loughborough in 1842

Taylor Loughborough in 1842

Bartholomew Atton in 1591

Bartholomew Atton in 1591

Bartholomew Atton in 1591

Bartholomew Atton in 1591

Bartholomew Atton in 1591

Bell Frame:

Type 8 3 D a

All metal frames (cast iron)

High sided frames (including "A" and "H" frames)

Two tier cast iron frame, with lowside pits above H castings - the steelwork between the top frame and lower frame being common to both tiers

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