Bell Tower - St Peter - Church Langton, Leicestershire
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N 52° 32.026 W 000° 56.052
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Bell tower of St Peter's church, Church Langton, with a ring of 8 bells, plus service bell.
Waymark Code: WM123B8
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/16/2020
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Bell tower of St Peter's church, Church Langton, with a ring of 8 bells, plus service bell.
Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
S Peter |
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Bells |
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Bell |
Weight |
Nominal |
Note |
Diameter |
Dated |
Founder |
Canons |
Turning |
|
1 |
2-3-1 |
1668.0 |
Ab |
22.50" |
1969 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
|
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2 |
3-0-10 |
1573.0 |
G |
23.63" |
1969 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
|
|
3 |
3-1-23 |
1399.0 |
F |
25.00" |
1969 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
|
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4 |
3-3-10 |
1242.0 |
Eb |
26.38" |
1969 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
|
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5 |
4-1-20 |
1104.0 |
Db |
28.50" |
1969 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
|
|
6 |
4-3-24 |
1041.0 |
C |
29.75" |
1969 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
|
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7 |
6-2-17 |
925.0 |
Bb |
32.75" |
1969 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
|
|
8 |
9-1-24 |
822.0 |
Ab |
37.00" |
1969 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
|
|
Service |
5-0-2 |
|
Db |
29.75" |
c1360† |
Johannes de Stafford |
R |
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Frames |
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Frame |
Bells |
Year |
Material |
Maker |
Truss |
Layout |
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1 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
1969 |
Cast iron |
Loughborough Bellfoundry |
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2 |
Service |
1897 |
Oak & cast iron |
Loughborough Bellfoundry |
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SOURCE - (Visit Link)
"The first thing that strikes you about the church is its magnificent tall tower of grey ashlar. It has clasping buttresses with many set-offs, a large west doorway, tall two-light bell openings with a transom. All this is perpendicular and similar to many more major towers in this part of England. The church consists of a west tower, nave, north & south aisles, chancel and vestry."
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"The tower and clerestory, which, with the nave arcades, are work of the 15th century, are faced with limestone ashlar. The church must have been unusually lofty, even before the 15th-century additions, and the tower, although it has no spire, is tall enough to dominate the surrounding landscape.
The church was much altered in the 15th century when new nave arcades were built, the clerestory was added, and Perpendicular windows were inserted at the east end of the south aisle and at both ends of the north aisle. The tall arcades are of four bays and have composite piers, similar in section to those at Market Harborough. The tower and chancel arches are apparently contemporary with the arcades. The massive west tower, built at this period, rises in four stages to an embattled parapet and has clasping buttresses at the angles. There is a large west doorway with a tall Perpendicular window above it; the belfry stage has two-light openings with transoms.
There were 5 bells until 1763 when the Revd. William Hanbury (d. 1778) added another 3: (i) and (ii) 1762; (iii) 1763, by Joseph Eayre of St. Neots; (iv) and (v) 1676, by Thomas Norris; (vi) n.d.; (vii) n.d., by Thomas Eayre of Kettering; (viii) 1741, also by Thomas Eayre"
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