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 St Mary, Dalton-in-Furness
St Mary, Dalton-in-Furness: bell ringing
locality type:-   ring of bells


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BUT45.jpg  Ringing chamber.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUY12.jpg  10 bells.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain

Dove data:-  
scale:-
E flat, F, G, A flat, B flat, C, D, E flat, F, G
Octave plus 2 notes; intervals TTSTTTSTT; E flat major.
Bells cast by John Taylor and Co, 1927.

Dove 2009
www.dove.cccbr.org.uk


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BUT46.jpg  Place mats for the ringers.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT47.jpg  Memorial to past bellringers.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT48.jpg  Certificate, 1st place in a striking competition, 1999.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT49.jpg  Records of first peals, Grandsire Triples and Grandsire Caters.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT50.jpg  List of 8 bells, 1913.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT51.jpg "Lancashire Association of Changeringers / Furness &Lake District Branch" (taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain

MN photo:-  
The bells are by Taylor, Loughborough, recast from an earlier set. The frame is an early example of an iron bell frame by ?Warner, London.

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BUT52.jpg  Bells.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT53.jpg  Bells.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT54.jpg  Bells.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT55.jpg  Bells.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT56.jpg  Bells.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT57.jpg  Bells.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain
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BUT58.jpg  Bell wheel.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of the tower captain

MN photo:-  
Access from a door at the back of the nave.
The computer/video displays were for an 'open day'.

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BUT43.jpg  The way in.
(taken 18.6.2011)  
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BUT44.jpg  Spiral stair
(taken 18.6.2011)  


Handley, Diana: 1983: Notes on Furness Branch Bells::: inscriptions and history
Dent, Geoffrey: 2007: History of St Mary's Church and Parish Dalton-in-Furness::: on sale in church; has interesting articles about 'NOISE'

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