Bell Tower - St Peter - Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire
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N 51° 02.598 W 002° 03.189
30U E 566377 N 5655065
Bell tower of St Peter's church, Swallowcliffe.
Waymark Code: WMWTMG
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/12/2017
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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 15th century, was replaced in 1881."
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