Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Towers in Chiltern Branch

Established January 17 1881

Facilities of Chiltern Towers with 3 or more ringable bells
A summary of facilities to help you plan your outing.

Most towers in this list are ringable for full-circle ringing. Towers in other conditions such as chiming only could be included in this list but generally will not be. They can be found by clicking here.

An explanation of the abbreviations used in the table below can be found be clicking on any underlined column heading.

Tower	Dedication	No of Bells	Weight of Tenor	Draught	Loud	State	Ringing Chamber Access	Last Restored	Facilities	Parking	Other
Aston Clinton	St. Michael & All Angels	10	11¼		3	R	Step Ladder (14ft) Trap door	2003			Ringing centre 'Duck Inn'
Bledlow	Holy Trinity	8	12½		3	R	GF	1985			'The Lion'
Buckland	All Saints	3	5			R	GF
Cheddington	St. Giles	6	11¾	Short	2	R	Step ladder	1911			Pubs in village
Drayton Beauchamp	St. Mary	3	11			C
Edlesborough	S.M.V.	6	13½			DR	GF	1954
Ellesborough	SS. Peter & Paul	6	8¼		3	R	Spiral staircase	2004			‘Russell Arms’
Great Hampden	St. Mary Magdalen	3	8			R	GF
Great Kimble	St. Nicholas	6	10¾		4	R	Ladder 12 steps				‘Sun’ ‘Bernard Arms’
Great Missenden	SS. Peter & Paul	8	24½	Long	2	R	GF	1991			Simulator Pubs in village
Halton	St. Michael & All Angels	4	8		3	R	Spiral staircase				No pub
Ivinghoe	S.M.V.	6	15		3	R	Spiral staircase	1875			Pub near church
Little Missenden	St. John Baptist	6	12		1	R	GF				Rope noise - Tall tenor ringers beware! -Pubs in village
Marsworth	All Saints	6	10¾		3	R	Ladder 14 steps	1995		On road	‘Anglers Retreat’
Mentmore	St. Mary	5	8		3	RA	Step ladder				'Stag'
Monks Risborough	St. Dunstan	6	13		3	R	Ladder 10 steps	1997		Park on road	Millennium window
Pitstone	St. Mary	3	8			DR
Saunderton	SS. Mary & Nicholas	3	6			U
Slapton	Holy Cross	5	10¾		4	U	GF				Pub in village
Stoke Mandeville	S.M.V.	8	8¼	Short	3	R	Iron stair Trap door	1992			Pubs ‘Bell’ ‘Woolpack’
Wendover	St. Mary	6	14		2	R	17 steps spiral staircase	2003			Pubs in village
Weston Turville	S.M.V.	6	14¾		2	R	GF				‘Five Bells’ ‘Chequers’

Notes:

Thanks to Arthur and John White for this information.

Great Kimble - some work due in 2004 by Eayre & Smith: the wooden bellframe is to be secured more firmly to the existing steel grillage. The two largest bells are to be rehung on ball bearings and the ropes for these two bells drawn into a better rope circle.
Ivinghoe - work planned for late 2004/5. Tenor presently very hard work. Interesting carving of pews

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