*Location:

   St.James Anglican Church
   Oldham, Greater Manchester, England

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*Remarks:

   An octave with sharp 4th & flat 7th
   (in ringing terms: sharp 5 & flat 2);
   chiming mechanism unknown.
   In 1982 the octave were removed to
   Fen Ditton, where they were hung for
   ringing; the flat 7th remains here,
   and the disposition of the sharp 4th
   remains unknown.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     G#G#  /    ----  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1930
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

This site and its history are also described briefly here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/05/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/05/03