HOOTON PAGNELL : ENGLAND -YW

*Location:

   All Saints Parish Church
   Main Street (B6422)
   Hooton Pagnell,
     Yorkshire/West Riding, England
   OS Ref. SE 485 079
   LL: N 53.56591, W 1.26870
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page for Brodsworth (to east)

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   All Saints Church
   Twitchell Corner
   Hooton Pagnell,
     Doncaster  DN5 7BT
   T: 01477 642829
   - or -
   Revd Canon Kathryn Herrod
   1 Fitzwilliam Drive
   Harlington
   Doncaster
   T: 01302 780804
   E: revkathryn/@/talktalk DOTnet

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is sharp 4th (4b);
   2nd by Ralph II Heathcote, 1566;
   3 hung for ringing (#3,4,5/ringing);
   Ellacombe on 8, chime barrel on 9.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   1 bells were recast or replaced in 1896
     by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1895, the complete instrument of  9 bells was installed
       with bells made by Taylor      
       (7 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M9R3L8
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1996
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.
*Links:

The ACNY page about this church has only minimal contact information.

The Explore Churches page about this one has better location and contact information, plus a brief description and history, but no photo.

A travel page has a large photo of the church plus an extended history and description.

The English Wikipedia article about the town has a paragraph about the church and a good photo of it.

A YouTube video (3:03) begins with the 3pm clock strike (extremely rapidly!) and continues with autoplay of a hymn tune (3 times), all with a fixed view of the building.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all British Isles chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in England.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 31-Dec-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/12/31
   and on technical data last updated on 2013/02/12
*Photos:

(none available)

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