Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Drayton Parslow

Established January 17 1881

Holy Trinity , Drayton Parslow, Bucks
Central Bucks branch of the ODG

Holy Trinity, Drayton Parslow

Dedication: Holy Trinity, Drayton Parslow

Practice night: Sun 5.30pm (2,4)

The Bells (6) 9-1-1

Draught: average
Audibility: 2 - (On a scale of 1 to 5, 1=faint 5=very loud)

Access to ringing chamber: ladder

The inscriptions on the 3 older bells come from A.H.Cocks page 373. The rest of the information is from a tower notice, and the Taylor job book.

Frame: two-tier metal, 1935 Taylor.
Gear: iron headstock (canon-retaining to tenor) ball-bearings, Taylor 1935.

A ring of 6; tenor 9-1-1, diameter 36¾”, tuned to A^b

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Diameter (inches)	Strike note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
treble	3-2-1	24¾	F	1935	Taylor	Loughborough
2	3-3-8	26	E^b	1935	Taylor	Loughborough
3	4-1-8	27½	D^b	1935	Taylor	Loughborough
4	4-1-23	29¼	C	1842	J. Taylor	Loughborough	J: TAYLOR FECIT LOBR^O 1842.
5	4-2-5	31	B^b	1842	J. Taylor	Loughborough	J TAYLOR FOUNDER LOBRO 1842.
tenor	9-1-1	36¾	A^b	1591	Benjamin Atton	Buckingham	[Cross, G6] BARTHOLOMEWE [Shield, Fig 66] 1591
Sanctus		15¾		1669	Anthony Chandler	Drayton Parslow	1669

Notes:

Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SP837284 - Limited on-road parking.

Eating Places: ‘The Three Horseshoes’

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