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St. Nicholas, Beedon, Berks
Newbury branch of the ODG
St. Nicholas, Beedon
St. Nicholas, Beedon
Dedication:St. Nicholas, Beedon Service Ringing: Sun 6.00pm (3) by arrangement
The Bells

Access to ringing chamber: Ground floor

The following information comes from F.Sharpe The Church Bells of Berkshire.

Frame: Treble iron, rest oak.
Gear: Iron headstock(1), elm headstocks(2-6), traditional fittings.

A ring of 6, tenor 6-1-0#, diameter 32” tuned to B
Bell Weight
cwt-qr-lb		 Strike
Note		 Date
cast		 Founder Foundry
location		 Inscription
Treble 3-0-17 G 1922 Mears & Stainbank Whitechapel MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1922.
W. A. LOWSLEY, VICAR.
L. H. HOXMAN, W. S. GOODMAN, CHURCHWARDENS.
2 3-1-25 F 1899 Mears & Stainbank Whitechapel MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
ERECTED A.D. 1899 IN MEMORY OF
QUEEN VICTORIA’S DIAMOND JUBILEE
T. TROTT VICAR
W. GOODMAN, W. WHITE CHURCHWARDENS.
3 3-2-1 E 1683 Samuel Knight Reading SAMVELL KNIGHT • MADE • ME 1683
4 3-3-14 D 1922 Mears & Stainbank Whitechapel M. & S. FOUNDERS, LONDON. [Whitechapel Foundry mark]
CAST 1622 RECAST 1922.
5 4-2-0# C 1675 Henry Knight III Reading 1675
Tenor 6-1-0# B 1615 Henry Knight I Reading HENRX KNXGHT MADE MEE ANO X6X5
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