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Grid ref SO323884
Nearest postcode SY9 5BJ
Contact:
Clare Greig
58 Church Street
Bishops Castle,
Shropshire, SY9 5AE
01588 630075
Practice
Monday 19:30
Sunday service ringing
10:30 (not 5th)
Link to Doves guide and map
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date |
note |
Diameter cm |
founder |
Approx weight |
Bishop’s Castle St John the Baptist
6 bells. 8½ cwt in A
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1 |
1767 |
F# |
68.6 |
Thomas Rudhall. Gloucester |
4- |
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2 |
1718 |
E |
72.1 |
Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester |
4- |
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3 |
1718 |
D |
74.6 |
Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester |
5- |
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4 |
1718 |
C# |
78.4 |
Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester |
5- |
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5 |
1820 |
B |
84.8 |
John Rudhall, Gloucester |
7- |
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6 |
1718 |
A |
91.8 |
Abraham Rudhall II, Gloucester |
8- |
Access. Ground floor ring.
Originally a ring of 5 augmented in 1767.
Rehung by Alfred Bowell of Ipswich in 1912. This 1912 oak frame has being strengthened and the bells (without tuning) have been rehung with all new fittings by Taylors 2009.
Hear the bells ringing Cambridge surprise minor
