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All Saints, Buckland, Bucks
Chiltern branch of the ODG
All Saints, Buckland
All Saints, BucklandŠAlan Bentley 07 Mar 2005
Dedication: All Saints, Buckland

The Bells (3) 5-0-0#

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 37.
The inscriptions are from A.H.Cocks The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire, page 332.
The west 3-stage tower has 3 bells hung for full-circle ringing.

A ring of 3; tenor 8-0-0#, diameter 35¾”.
Bell Weight
cwt-qr-lb
Diameter
(inches)
Date
cast
Founder Foundry
location
Inscription
treble 4-1-0# 26½ 1675 Henry Knight Reading ELLIS AND HENRY KNIGHT MADE MEE
X675
2 5-2-0# 30 1693 Richard Chandler III Drayton Parslow CHANDLER MADE ME 1693
tenor 8-0-0# 35¾ 1708 Richard Chandler III Drayton Parslow GEORGE CHANDLER MADE ME 1708

Notes:

  1. The tenor weight of 5-0-0# in the main file is the estimate quoted by Dove
Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SP888125

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