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St. John Evangelist, Whitchurch, Bucks
Central Bucks branch of the ODG
St. John Evangelist, Whitchurch
St. John Evangelist, WhitchurchİBM 31 May 2004
Dedication:St. John Evangelist, Whitchurch Practice night: Tue 7.30pm
Availability and Restrictions The Bells (6) 12-3-18
  • Draught: 60’ draught with guides and at least 3 pulleys on each rope.
  • Audibility: 3 - (On a scale of 1 to 5, 1=faint 5=very loud)
Access to ringing chamber: Ground floor. Rung from the back of the church.

The following information comes from A.H.Cocks page 356.

A ring of 6; tenor 12-3-18, diameter 43½”
Bell Diameter
(inches)		 Date
cast		 Founder Foundry
location		 Inscription
treble 29½ 1680 Henry Bagley Chacombe [Border V2 all round edge of shoulder]
CANTATE [Fleur-de-lys V8] DOMINO [V8] CANTICUM [small rose] NOVVM [Rose A10] HENRICUS [Rose P13] BAGLEY [V8] ME [B7] FECIT 1680
[Border V2 all round other way up]
2 32¼ 1797 John Briant Hertford JOHN BRIANT HARTFORD FECIT 1797 MAT: VARNEY & WM FINCHER C: WARDENS
3 32¾ 1619     AND SOLEMNE VOYCE 1619
4 35 1619     WEE SOVND FORTH OVR BREATH 1619
NICHOLAS TOPPING THOMAS PALMER CHVRCH WARDENS
5 40¼ 1794 Thomas Mears Whitechapel THOS FOWLER & JOHN BOWLER CH. WARDENS. JOHN FINCHER GEORGE CHESHIRE MATHEW VANEY WM FINCHER INHABITANTS.
WM WOODEROFFE MINISTER. [Border fig 15] THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1794 [fig 15]
tenor 43½ 1797 Thomas Mears Whitechapel WARNING UNTO DEATH THOMAS SHUFIELD WILLIAM BULL CHURCH WARDES [Border G11] THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1797 [G11]
sanctus 20 1702 Chandler Drayton Parslow 1702

Notes:

  1. The “A” in “AND” on bell 3 is inverted.
  2. The “6” in the date on bells 3 & 4 is reversed.
Church facilities: Toilet in the hall

Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SP803208. Parking is OK.

Eating Places: ‘The White Horse’ or ‘The White Swan’
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