OULTON : ENGLAND -ST

*Location:

   St.Mary's Abbey (RC)
   Convent Lane
   Oulton, Staffordshire, England
   OS Ref. SJ 908 356
   LL: N 52.91812, W 2.13783
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page for Stone (to southwest)

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Oulton Abbey Care Home
   Kibblestone Road
   Oulton
   Stone, Staffs.  ST15 8UW
   T: 01785 814192
   E: reception/@/oultonabbeycarehome.org

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters

*Remarks:

   Abbey closed in 2019.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1940
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: Q4    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005
*Links:

The English Wikipedia article about the Abbey mentions the construction of a church in the 1850s, and the closure of the Abbey in 2019.  There is a photo showing part of the church, including a stumpy tower that does not appear to hold any bells.

Where 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 2006/12/27
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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