Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Wendover

Established January 17 1881

St. Mary, Wendover, Bucks
Chiltern branch of the ODG

St. Mary, Wendover©KMC 23 Apr 2005

Dedication: St. Mary, Wendover

Service Ringing: Sun 9.15,5.30

Practice night: Tue 7.30pm

The Bells (6) 14-0-2

Draught: average
Audibility: 2 - (On a scale of 1 to 5, 1=faint 5=very loud)

Access to ringing chamber: anti-clockwise spiral staircase, 17 steps.

The information on the following table comes from a certificate in the ringing chamber. The Founder’s marks on the tenor and the bell diameters were taken from A.H.Cocks The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire, page 600, at which time there were only five bells.

A ring of 6 bells; tenor 14-0-2, diameter 42”, tuned to F

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Diameter (inches)	Strike Note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
treble	5-0-27		D	1914	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND A TESTAMONY TO ALBERT SMITH VICAR A. D. 1867 - 1914
2	5-2-24		C	1914	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	FEARE GOD X633 RECAST 1914 MEARS AND STAINBANK
3	6-2-3		B^b	1914	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	CHANDLER MADE ME X722 RECAST 1914 MEARS AND STAINBANK
4	7-3-27	35½	A^#	1651	Ellis Knight I	Reading	LOVE GOD 1651
5	10-2-18	38	G	1633	Ellis Knight I	Reading	NICKOLAS HVMPFERI AND MICKELL CRISTMAS CHURCHWARDENS 1633
Tenor	14-0-2	42	F	1623	Ellis Knight I	Reading	LET YOVR HOPE BE XN THE LORD X1623 [Cross D4] E [Fleur-de-lys N11] K

Notes:

Bell 2 was originally cast by Ellis Knight I of Reading.
Bell 3 was originally cast by George Chandler of Drayton Parslow.
The ‘N’ in ‘NICKOLAS’ on bell 5 is reversed.

Church Architecture

The nave and ringing chamber in St. Mary, Wendover during the ‘Ringing Day’ on 23 April 2005.

Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SP871073 park in church lane

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