Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Bucklebury

Established January 17 1881

St. Mary, Bucklebury, Berks
Newbury branch of the ODG

St. Mary, Bucklebury

Dedication: St. Mary, Bucklebury

Service Ringing: Sun 9.30 (alt)

Practice night: Thu 7.45pm

The Bells

Access to ringing chamber: Spiral staircase

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

Frame: iron and steel, 1915, Alfred Bowell of Ipswich.
Rehung and retuned in the old frame with new fittings by the Whitechapel Bellfoundry, 1984.

A ring of 8, tenor 13-0-0#, diameter 40” tuned to G

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Strike Note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
Treble	3-2-0#	G	1915	Alfred Bowell	Ipswich	MERCY & TRUTH. TO THE GLORY OF GOD. IN MEMORY OF G. W. PALMER FROM HIS WIFE. BOWELL. 1915.
2	3-3-0#	F^#	1915	Alfred Bowell	Ipswich	RIGHTEOUSNESS & PEACE. BOWELL. 1915.
3	4-1-0#	E	1915	Alfred Bowell	Ipswich	PRAYES THE LORD 1632 RECAST BY BOWELL 1915.
4	4-3-0#	D	1824	Thomas Mears II	Whitechapel	T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1824 [Fig 14]
5	5-1-0#	C	1926	Alfred Bowell	Ipswich	+ o lorde in thee ys all my trust 1581 + ioseph carter RECAST 1926 IN MEMORY OF GEORGE DAVIS BY BOWELL
6	6-3-0#	B	1824	Thomas Mears II	Whitechapel	T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1824 [Fig 14]
7	9-0-0#	A	1610	Henry Knight I	Reading	+ HENRX KNXGHT MADE THXS BELL IN ANO X6X0
Tenor	13-0-0#	G	1634	Ellis Knight I	Reading	FEARE GOD X634

Notes:

Note: the tenor weight of 12-3-22 comes from the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers’ Annual Report, 2005. It is tuned to F^#.

Church facilities: Toilet