GUILSBOROUGH 100 BRANCH

100 years of the Guilsborough Branch this year

January 5th. 1924 to January 5th. 2024

Welcome to

Peterborough Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers.

Guilsborough Branch

~~~ Guild and branch both established January 5th. 1924 ~~~

In our branch area, we have

29 ringable towers including one ‘limited’ ringing tower,

housing clockwise rings of :-

- - - 5 x eight bells;
      - 12 x six bells;
        
        10 x five bells;
        
        1 x four bells;
        
        1 x three bells,

plus one un-ringable clockwise ring of five bells at Old

and one un-ringable anti-clockwise ring of four bells at Lamport.

This adds up to a total of 178 bells, of which,

169 bells are ringable.

including the following ….

Oldest Bell, 1317 @ Cold Ashby;

Newest Bell, 2012 @ Marston Trussell;

Lightest Bell, Treble 2-1-8 @ Cold Ashby;

Heaviest Bell, Tenor 16-0-10 @ Brixworth;

“Royal-Headed” Bell @ Winwick;

Complete rings of bells by one founder

4x Joseph Eayre of Neots @ Draughton, 1767;

6x Charles & George Mears @ Guilsborough, 1847;

6x Edward Arnold of St. Neots @ Kelmarsh, 1774;

5x Thomas II Eayre of Kettering @ Lilbourne, 1761/1762;

Our rural geographical area within North-west Northamptonshire spans from the Warwickshire county border in the west incorporating the parishes of Watford, Crick, Yelvertoft & Lilbourne. Following the River Avon county boundary with Leicestershire north-eastwards from Lilbourne to Welford, the boundary then changes to the River Welland at Sibbertoft continuing on to Marston Trussell. Walgrave is our most eastern tower, whilst Long Buckby & East Haddon towers are to the southern perimeter of our area.

©Exterior and interior photographs have either been taken by the author or given to the author with permission where shown.

© Dove’s Guide, empty data fields :

The branch steward is currently embarking upon an update programme by reviewing and adding data information from all of our 31 bell installations for inclusion and publication at ©Dove’s Guide online. For up to date progress on this topic, please go to the ” Characteristics ” page on our website.

In parallel to this local exercise, the Guild are also updating their bell inventory records.

©Website updated : January 9th. 2024

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