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 Holy Trinity, Casterton
Holy Trinity, Casterton: bell ringing

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CCE83.jpg  The chiming frame for the six bells.
(taken 5.12.2014)  
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CCE84.jpg  Chiming frame, and instructions for a Plain Hunt.
(taken 5.12.2014)  
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BQY47.jpg  Notice about the bells.
(taken 1.7.2009)  
"CASTERTON."
"Peal of Six Bells."
"Weights."
"Tenor : 8.0.4 : Note A"
"5th. : 5.3.7 : B"
"4th. : 5.0.10 : Csharp"
"3rd. : 5.0.3 : D"
"2nd. : 4.2.2 : E"
"Treble : 4.0.11 : Fsharp"
": Cwt 32.2.9 :"
"The 3 larger bells were cast by Mears and Stainbank, London A.D. 1907 and the 3 smaller bells by C &G Mears A.D. 1845."
"All from the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, LONDON (ESTD. 1570) and erected with Chiming Apparatus by the Founders."
"Vicar. Rev: Canon Burton, M.A."

Dove data:-  
Unringable; a chime of 6, only 1-3 are hung for ringing.
Bells 1-3 cast by Charles and George Mears, 1845; 4-6 by Mears and Stainbank, 1907.

Dove 2009
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