Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Edgcott

Established January 17 1881

St. Michael & All Angels, Edgcott, Bucks
Central Bucks branch of the ODG

St. Michael & All Angels, Edgcott ©DB May 2005

Dedication: St. Michael & All Angels, Edgcott

The Bells (3) 7-1-0# Anticlockwise ring

Access to ringing chamber: Ground floor

Most of the bell information below comes from John E. Hearn The Rings and Chimes Of Buckinghamshire Churches, page 43.
The inscriptions are from A.H.Cocks The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire, page 377.

The low embattled west tower holds 3 bells for full-circle ringing and a Sanctus bell.

A ring of 3; tenor 7-1-0#, diameter 34”½, tuned to A^b.

Bell	Diameter (inches)	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
treble	6-0-0#	31½	mid C15	John Danyell	London	[Cross] Sancta Katerina Ora Pro Nobis [Shield C14] [Cross E3]
2	6-3-0#	33½	1829	Robert Taylor	St Neots	M^R W: HOLT C. WARDEN R: TAYLOR & SONS FOUNDERS MDCCCXXIX
tenor	7-1-0#	34½	1626	James Keene	Woodstock	IAMES [Fleur-de-lys Q8] KEENE [Q8] MADE [Q8] ME [Border B2 inverted] [Q8] 1626 [Q8]
sanctus	0-1-20	12	1736	Edward Hemins	Bicester	EDWARD HEMXNS BXSTER FECXT J730. . [Ornament P5 four times]

Notes:

Church Architecture

Domesday plaque

©KNS Feb 2005
Plaque to commemorate 900 years of Norman Heritage since the Domesday Book.

Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SP680228

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