*Location:

   St.Botolph Parish Church (Boston Stump)
   Boston, Lincolnshire, England
   OS Ref. TF 32 44

Site locator map not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Originally a chromatic series above
   an 8-bell ring; bells installed by
   Gillett & Bland, who also provided a
   chiming mechanism to play them; this
   was the first carillon in England.
   Carillon melted down in 1897 by G&J
   to make 4 quarter bells. (Hour strike
   remains on the tenor bell of the ring
   of 8, later expanded to 10; see -2
   under Chimes.)

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 36 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     E D#  /    NONE  
   Transposition is up two octaves
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1867
     with bells made by vanAerschodt     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nM    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

This site and its history are also described here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the van Aerschodt bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/07/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/07/15