Bell Tower - St Peter - Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

A crenellated and buttressed south-west tower with a conical spirelet and south door at St Peter's church, Swallowcliffe. It contains a ring of 3 bells, rung from the porch, anticlockwise. The bells are currently unringable.

Swallowcliffe, Wilts S Peter
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	4½cwt	1218.0	D	27.75"	1632	John Dawton
2	5½cwt	1076.5	C	30.13"	1846	Charles & George Mears
3	6cwt	933.5	Bb	31.75"	1881	John Warner & Sons

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"There were three bells in 1553. The treble was replaced in 1632. In 1843 the bells were moved to the new church: the second was recast, or cast anew, in 1846, and the tenor, which may have been cast in London in the earlier 15^th century, was replaced in 1881."

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Address of Tower: St Peter Church Hill Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire England SP3 5PA Still Operational: no Number of bells in tower?: 3 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Not listed Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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