Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Mursley

Established January 17 1881

St. Mary the Virgin, Mursley, Bucks
Central Bucks branch of the ODG

St. Mary the Virgin, Mursley©DB May 2005

Dedication: St. Mary the Virgin, Mursley

Practice night: Fri 7.45pm

The Bells (6) 9-0-20

Access to ringing chamber: Ground floor

The inscriptions on the Briant bells are from A.H.Cocks The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire, page 531.
The rest of the information comes from the Bowell archives through Chris Pickford.
Rehung in the existing wooden frame, with new fittings including ball-bearings, by Bowell in 1933.

A ring of 6; tenor 9-0-20, diameter 38” tuned to G.

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Diameter (inches)	Strike note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
treble	4-2-24	28	E	1814	John Briant	Hertford	JOHN: BRIANT HERTFORD. FECIT. I8I4
2	4-2-20	29	D	1933	Alfred Bowell	Ipswich
3	5-1-23	31	C	1814	John Briant	Hertford	† JOHN BRIANT HERTFORD. FECIT. I8I4 †
4	5-3-7	32	B	1814	John Briant	Hertford	JOHN: BRIANT HERTFORD. FECIT. I8I4
5	6-0-19	34	A	1933	Alfred Bowell	Ipswich
tenor	9-0-20	38	G	1814	John Briant	Hertford	± JOHN BRIANT. HERTFORD FECIT. I8I4. ± T : DEVERELL & J : BRADBURY. C.W.

Notes

† & ± signify military crosses.

Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SP816285

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