Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Beenham Valence

Established January 17 1881

St. Mary, Beenham Valence, Berks
Newbury branch of the ODG

Dedication: St. Mary, Beenham Valence

Service Ringing: Sun 9.00
Practice night: Tue 7.30pm

The Bells

Draught: Long
Audibility: 4 --(On a scale of 1 to 5, 1=faint 5=very loud)

Access to ringing chamber: Ground floor

The following information comes from F.Sharpe The Church Bells of Berkshire. He visited the tower in 1939.

Frame: welded steel, Gillett & Johnston 1937. Gear: Elm headstocks, plate gudgeons, self-aligning ball-bearings, traditional wheels and fittings, Gillett & Johnston 1937.

A ring of 6, tenor 10-0-0#, diameter 37¾”,tuned to A^b

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Strike Note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
Treble	4-0-0#	F	1800	Thomas Mears I	Whitechapel	THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1800
2	4-3-0#	E^b	1800	Thomas Mears I	Whitechapel	THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1800 [Interlacing border]
3	5-2-0#	D^b	1800	Thomas Mears I	Whitechapel	THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1800 [Interlacing border]
4	6-0-0#	C	1800	Thomas Mears I	Whitechapel	THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1800 [Interlacing border]
5	7-0-0#	B^b	1800	Thomas Mears I	Whitechapel	THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1800 [Interlacing border]
Tenor	10-0-0#	A^b	1800	Thomas Mears I	Whitechapel	THE REV^D JOHN DOUGLAS D.D. VICAR OF BEENHAM WILLIAM ROBINSON & RICHARD STEPHENS CH. WARDENS • RICHARD IREMONGER OVERSEER • THO^S MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1800

Notes:

Note: the tenor weight of 9-2-23 comes from the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers’ Annual Report, 2005.

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