Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Peasemore

Established January 17 1881

St. Barnabas, Peasemore, Berks
Newbury branch of the ODG

St. Barnabas, Peasemore

Dedication: St. Barnabas, Peasemore

Service Ringing: Sun 5.30pm(1), 9.15(2,3), 10.30(4)

Practice night: Thur 8.00pm by arrangement

The Bells (6) 8-2-0#

Draught: Average
Audibility: 3 - (On a scale of 1 to 5, 1=faint 5=very loud)

Access to ringing chamber: Spiral staircase

The following information comes from F.Sharpe The Church Bells of Berkshire. He visited the tower in 1941.

Frame: Oak, with iron section for the second.
Gear:

Treble, cast iron headstock, self-aligning ball-bearings
The rest, Elm headstocks, Plain brass bearings.

A ring of 6, tenor 8-2-0#, diameter 36¼”, tuned to A

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Strike Note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
Treble	3-3-7	F^#	1923	Mears & Stainbank	Whitechapel	MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1923. [Whitechapel Foundry mark] IN MEM : GEORGE HEDGES, FOREMAN RINGER. 1890-1922.
2	4-2-4	E	1889	John Taylor & Co.	Loughborough	RECAST 1889. [Taylor Foundry mark]
3	4-3-26	D	1737	Richard Phelps	Whitechapel	THE REVD. MR. RALPH, SHIRLY RECT : IOHN CALCOT IOHN HATT CH. WARDENS 1737. R:P:
4	5-1-22	C^#	1889	John Taylor & Co.	Loughborough	as second
5	6-2-25	B	1889	John Taylor & Co.	Loughborough	as second
Tenor	8-2-0#	A	1809	James Wells	Aldbourne	[Fleur-de-lys] WM. COWARD GENT. GAVE THIS BELL BUILT THE TOWER 1737 THE BELL WAS RECAST BY JAMES WELLS ALDBOURN WILTS 1809. JOSEPH WERNHAM & JOHN MITCHELL CHURCH WARDENS [Twelve fleurs-de-lys]

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Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SU457771- Park in street

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