Bell Tower - St Mary - Langham, Essex
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N 51° 57.873 E 000° 57.589
31U E 359836 N 5759061
Bell tower of St Mary's church, Langham, with a ring of 6 bells.
Waymark Code: WMZVEB
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/08/2019
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Bell tower of St Mary's church, Langham, with a ring of 6 bells.
Langham, Essex
S Mary V |
Bells |
Bell |
Weight |
Nominal |
Note |
Diameter |
Dated |
Founder |
Canons |
Turning |
1 |
4-1-11 |
1290.0 |
E |
27.25" |
1897 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
N |
2 |
3-3-27 |
1153.0 |
D |
28.63" |
1801 |
Thomas I Mears |
R |
4 |
3 |
3-3-14 |
1025.0 |
C |
29.75" |
1842 |
Thomas II Mears |
R |
4 |
4 |
4-3-16 |
960.0 |
B |
31.63" |
1618 |
Miles I Graye |
R |
4 |
5 |
6-1-20 |
865.0 |
A |
35.13" |
1882 |
John Warner & Sons |
R |
4 |
6 |
9-2-0 |
768.0 |
G |
38.25" |
1906 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
N |
Frames |
Frame |
Bells |
Year |
Material |
Maker |
Truss |
Layout |
1 |
3,4,5,6 |
c1897 |
Cast iron |
Loughborough Bellfoundry |
8.3.C.e |
4.3 |
2 |
1,2 |
c1897 |
Cast iron |
Loughborough Bellfoundry |
8.3.A.h |
|
SOURCE - (Visit Link)
"The medieval St Mary’s Church is approached via a private road along an avenue of lime trees through the Langham Hall Estate in the northern part of Langham. It has a remarkably beautiful setting in the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) overlooking the Vale itself. It is featured in a number of John Constable’s best-known paintings, most notably the several versions of “The Glebe Farm and Langham Church”.
The Grade I listed building, consisting of a chancel, nave and south aisle, is largely of pebble-rubble and pudding-stone construction of various dates from the 12th to 19th centuries. It was re-ordered in the 1860s and 1890s and now seats about 130 people. In the 1980s the exterior of the church was extensively restored and in 1994 a major renewal programme was initiated, of which the most obvious manifestations so far are the elegant gallery and fine organ at the west end and the baptistry in the south aisle."
SOURCE - (Visit Link)