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Maids Moreton, St Edmund

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The bells delivered from Ipswich
1906

38 Peals:

Longest peal: 5760 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 19 February 1955

Fastest peal: 33 changes per minute, on 12 December 1992

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Raymond A Vickers11
Herbert Jones9
George W Holland8
William A Yates8
Julie A Haseldine7
Andrew Haseldine7
Richard W Yates6
Mark Regan6
Ellis Nichols5
Richard S Stanworth4

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1553 to 17161717 to 18051806 to 19051906 to 19491950 to present
 

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Taylor Loughborough in 1950

 

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Taylor Loughborough in 1950

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Taylor Loughborough in 1950

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1950

Taylor Loughborough in 1950

   

Alfred Bowell in 1906 recast: 1950

Taylor Loughborough in 1950

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Henry Bagley III in 1717 recast: 1806

John Briant in 1806 recast: 1950

John Briant in 1806 recast: 1950

Taylor Loughborough in 1950

Bell Frame:

Type 8 2 D b

All metal frames (Steel with cast iron components)

with "X" shaped cast iron webs

Steel sill and head, with cast iron web (an "X" brace) bolted to sill and head

History and Archive

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