Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Great Missenden

Established January 17 1881

SS. Peter & Paul, Great Missenden, Bucks
Chiltern branch of the ODG

SS. Peter & Paul, Great Missenden©BM 25 Feb 2002

Dedication: SS. Peter & Paul, Great Missenden

Service Ringing: Sun 9.30(1), 9.00(2,3,4,5)

Practice night: Wed 8.00pm

The Bells (8) 24-1-25

Access to ringing chamber: Ground floor

The details below were taken from A.H.Cocks The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire page 527. It was published in 1897 when there were only 6 bells in the ring. Two new trebles were added around 1990.
The weights are taken from the Great Missenden tower website where only cwt and qrs are quoted.

A ring of 8 bells; tenor 24-1-25, diameter 53¼”

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Diameter (inches)	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
treble	6-3-0#		1990
2	7-1-0#		1990
3	6-3-0#	34½	1692	Richard Keene	Woodstock	1692
4	9-0-0#	37¾	1603	Joseph Carter	Wokingham	This [Fig 37] Bell [Fig 37] Was [Fig 37] Made [Fig 37] 1603 [Fig 37] R [Fig 37] C [Fig 37] T [Fig 37] E [Fig 37] I [Shield D5] C [Fig 37]
5	12-0-0#	41¾	1640	Ellis Knight	Reading	LOVE GOD 1640
6	13-2-0#	44½	1824	Thomas Mears	Whitechapel	[G11] T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1824. [G11]
7	21-2-0#	49½	1623	Ellis Knight	Reading	LET YOVR HOPE BE XN THE LORD X623 G[1]W I[1]I [2] E[1]K
Tenor	24-1-25	53¼	1840	Thomas Mears	Whitechapel	THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1840 (On waist:) REV^D RICHARD MARKS VICAR ROB^T DOUGLASY, JAMES POTTER, CHURCH WARDENS

Notes:

The ornaments on bell 7 are taken from Cocks, Plate XXII

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Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SP900010

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