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St. Peter's Church
DUNSTON
LINCOLNSHIRE

5 BELLS,   Tenor: 8 cwt - 0 qrs - 8 lbs   (in G)

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Bell Details


Bell.
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4.
5.

         Founder.
    John Taylor & Co
    John Taylor & Co
    John Taylor & Co
    Henry Oldfield
    George Oldfield I

          Foundry.
(Loughborough, Leics)
(Loughborough, Leics)
(Loughborough, Leics)
(Nottingham, Notts)
(Nottingham, Notts)

Date.
1938
1938
1938
c1590
1633

Dia.
27.00"
29.50"
31.50"
33.63"
37.38"

Note.
D
C
B
A
G

        Weight.
3 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs.
4 cwt. 3 qrs. 16 lbs.
6 cwt. 0 qrs.  9 lbs.
5 cwt. 3 qrs.  3 lbs.
8 cwt. 0 qrs.  8 lbs.

Ringing Times


Practice Night:

Sunday Service:

NONE

1st & 3rd SUNDAY'S 
of each month, 9.45 - 10.15am,

To Ringing Times page.


Tower Officers / Contacts


Tower Captain:
Ringing Master:

Mr Christopher Woodcock
Mr Christopher Woodcock

Tel No.   01522 790942
Tel No.   01522 790942

Email.   Tower Captain
Email.   Ringing Master

Other Details


Ringing Chamber:
Toilet:

Church Postcode:
Church Grid Reference:
Church Address:

Google Map:
OS Map:

Location:


Parking:


Tower Entrance:

Pubs etc:

Ground Floor
No

LN4 2HJ
TF 062 629
Vicarage Lane

Dunston Church
Dunston Church

St. Peter's Church is located in the center of the Village next to the main road (Lincoln Road) and is easy to find even though it has a small low tower. 

Parking is slightly tricky but you can park on the roads around the Church - Vicarage Lane & Middle Street.

We use the main Church door.


The Red Lion (Middle Street, Dunston, LN4 2EW)
Approx a 5 minute walk from the Church.
Websites: The Red Lion


The Butcher & Beast (High Street, Heighington, LN4 1JS)
Approx 6.5 miles from Dunston Church.
Website: The Butcher & Beast
This Batemans Pub is where the ringers go to. It does good food & beer and is recommended by the ringers.


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Doves Guide Details:          Dunston Bells
Felstead Peals Database:    Peals at Dunston


Bell / Ringing Info

Handling:
.              The bells handle quite well but could do with a rope guide 2 foot below the ringing chamber ceiling. Apart from this they handle ok.

Go of Bells:           The bells go very well being hung on ball bearings. (They were augmented and rehung in 1938).

Striking:.               The bells are evenly struck with no odd-struckness.

Sound:..                 They are a very nice sounding peal of bells and very rewarding. They are one of the best sounding fives in Lincolnshire.

Fittings etc:          The bells are hung in a low sided cast iron frame from metal headstocks and ball bearings - John Taylor & Co 1938.

History of the Bells:          There were originally three bells at this Church. In 1938 John Taylor & Co of Loughborough recast the original 1819 James
                                           Harrison II treble (the present 3rd) and hung the bells in a new low sided cast iron frame. They also augmented the bells to 
                                           five by casting two new trebles to form the present peal of five bells. 


 
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