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NameNotationhllelhfchTower bellsPlaceHandbellsRW ref
Bretforton- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 1238.56.14 -7812bBD/c21.12.2004Pershore, St Andrew05/80
Kimberley- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 1238.56.14.56.7812bBD/c14. 5.1977Leckhampton77/492
Eggesford- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 1258 - 16 -1812aB/ce17.12.2005Widecombe-in-the-Moor06/11
Marisco- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 1458 - 12.36.7812bB/ac6. 4.1995Lundy Island95/552
Sedgeberrow- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 1458 - 1236 -7812bB/ac29.12.2004Hinton-on-the-Green05/80
Embleton- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 1458 - 14 -5812dB/c14. 2.1990Billesdon90/300
Cotswold- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 1458 - 36 -7812bBE/c7. 2.1959Burford59/120
Blenheim- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 38 - 14 -3812aB/cd19. 1.1970Witney70/116
Basing- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 58 - 14.36.7812bBE/c20. 4.1968Kingsclere68/370
Grantchester- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 58 - 34 -5812dB/ac25. 4.1964Cambridge, St Andrew-the-Great11. 4.201764/330 17/462
Ullenhall- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 58 - 56 -1812cB/c20.12.1954Birmingham, Bishop Ryder55/50 63
Stour- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 14 - 58.14 - 14.5812dB/c24. 5.1968Netherton68/470
Carnarvon- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 34 - 1258.36 - 16.7812bB/cdY17. 1.1993Highclere93/153
Kenya- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 34 - 38 - 16 -7812bBG/c23. 6.1979Southam8.11.199079/641 90/1172
Herbert- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 34 - 58.1236 - 16.7812bB/ceY17.12.1992Highclere93/76
Marley's Ghost- 58 - 16 - 12 - 1238 - 34.12.58.36 - 16.7812bBF/cdY17. 4.2008Swindon, St Mark08/571
Medway- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 12 - 1258 - 14 -1812cB/ac14. 6.1969Edenbridge4. 4.198269/529 82/360
Ross-on-Wye- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 12 - 1458 - 1456 -7812dB/ac28. 6.2011Ross-on-Wye26. 9.201711/798 17/1015
St Stephen's- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 12 - 3458 - 34 -7812dB/ac14.11.2023Barbourne24/11
Bordesley- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 -1812aB/ac7.10.1954Birmingham Cathedral54/676 848
Middleton- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 36 -1818mBG/ac27. 3.1952Willesden52/229
Dedham- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1238 - 12 -3812bB/c13. 3.1964Hatfield Broad Oak64/209
Vilnius- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1238.56 - 56.3812bB/ac8. 2.2009Marston Bigot, Pig-le-Tower09/202
Vanadium- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1258 - 12 -1812cB/c17. 3.1979Stratton St Margaret17. 5.198779/327 87/543
Chile- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1258 - 1236 -5812bBK/c10. 7.1991Barrow Gurney77/339 91/742
Ecuador- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1258 - 36 -5812bBN/c6.12.1998Westhoughton77/339 99/44
Argentina- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1258 - 36.12.5812bBKN/c26. 6.1992Meldreth77/339 92/772
Dysprosium- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1458 - 12 -7812dB/c25. 9.1979Barrow Gurney79/912
Old Codger- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1458 - 1234 -1812cBD/c5.10.2006Pershore, St Andrew06/1031
Topaz- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1458 - 34 -7812dB/ac10.11.1993Barrow Gurney93/1268
Bamburgh- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 1458 - 56 -7812dBD/c28.12.1999Kingsbury (Warks)00/85
Olympic- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 3458 - 1236 -1812aB/cf4. 5.2012Stratton St Margaret12/549
Meldreth- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 3458 - 34 -1812cB/c27. 6.1970Meldreth18. 7.201770/577 17/820
Tyburn- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 38 - 12 -3812bB/c8.11.1954Birmingham, Bishop Ryder54/755 55/64
Roding Valley- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 38.1256 - 56.3812bBE/ac19. 4.2015Terling87/688 15/505
Ivinghoe- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 38.56 - 56.3812bB/ac25. 8.1962Stanmore62/600
Hungerford- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58 - 1236 -5812bBK/c28. 8.1968Llanfeugan66/812 68/732
Staffordshire- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58 - 14 -7812dB/c24. 2.1934Church Lawton23. 6.199134/132 182 91/673
Burslem- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58 - 14 -7818jB/c28. 7.1951Silverdale51/500
North Staffordshire- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58 - 14.56.7812dBD/c14. 3.2007Keele, Woodlands07/339
Jersey- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58 - 36 -5812bBN/c15. 7.1950Brierley Hill18.11.194747/620 48/120 50/467
Brazil- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58.12.36.12.5812bBK/c16. 7.1993Whitley Bay77/339 93/806
Iron- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58.14 - 34.7812dB/c28. 9.1988Barrow Gurney88/1140
Springfield- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58.16 - 16.3812aBH/c8. 9.1951Oxhey51/611 736
Cobalt- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58.34 - 14.3812cB/cd6.11.1985Barrow Gurney86/11
Plutonium- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 14 - 58.34 - 34.1812cB/c30.12.1987Barrow Gurney88/159
Quainton- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 34 - 1458 - 14 -7812dBK/c15. 6.1968Stewkley68/528
Embarcadero- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 34 - 3458 - 14 -1812cB/c3.12.2019Portsmouth, St Agatha20/120
Novius- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 34 - 38.14 - 34.1818mB/ace4. 3.1995Creswell95/386
Sleaford- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 34 - 58 - 14 -3812cBK/c8.10.1955Sleaford55/660
Fairlop- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16.34 - 14.58.14 - 34.1812cBK/ac14. 6.1997Ilminster87/688 97/779
Fen Drayton- 58 - 16 - 12 - 16.34 - 34.58 - 14 -1812cB/c22.10.1976Meldreth76/990
Newton Burgoland- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 1238 - 34 -5812fB/ac4. 3.2003Loughborough Bellfoundry03/465
Hockley- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 1458 - 16 -5812bB/c4. 1.1954Birmingham, Bishop Ryder54/51 90
Kneesworth- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 3458 - 14 -3812cB/cd8. 1.1971Meldreth71/291 304
Nythe- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.5812fBK/c1. 8.1980Stratton St Margaret80/751
Silver- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.5818lBK/c29. 3.1985Stratton St Margaret85/414
Southam- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 58 - 1236 -3812fB/cf14.10.1968Southam68/852
Cassiobury- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 58 - 14 -1812cB/c16. 5.1936Watford (Herts)15. 2.198336/336 83/224
Marsham- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 58 - 14 -1818hB/c18.11.1965Willesden65/854
Berkshire- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 58 - 14 -7812dB/c14. 3.1934Wokingham, St Paul27. 6.199134/179 364 91/1042
Anglesea- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 58 - 14 -7818jB/c20. 1.1962Knebworth62/82
Ruckhall- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 58 - 1456 -7812dBD/c11. 2.202020/315
Greet- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 12 - 58 - 56 -1812eBD/c21. 4.1955Birmingham Cathedral55/276 283
Grafton Regis- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 1234 - 3458 - 14 -1812cBF/c3. 5.2006Sproxton06/472
Bushey- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 1258 - 14 -7812dBK/cd23.11.1933Bushey33/756 780
Old Swinford- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 1458 - 1236 -5812bBK/cd12. 8.1978Old Swinford78/755
Worcestershire- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 1458 - 36 -5812bBN/cd29. 3.1964Hanbury (Worcs)11. 8.199164/258 91/860
Geraldton- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 1458 - 36.12.5812bBKN/cd12. 7.2003Old Swinford03/734
Wembley- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 38 - 16 -3812fBK/cd30.11.1935Aldenham1.11.196630/544 31/439 35/776 66/780
Caerleon- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 38 - 16 -3818lBK/cd10. 9.1955Caerleon55/658
Cranbrook- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 38 - 3456 -5812eB/cdY6. 5.1996Cranbrook96/609
Douai- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 38 - 56 -5812eB/acd27. 3.1965Aldermaston65/251
Hintlesham- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 38.16 - 16.5812cBK/cd1.12.1992Meldreth93/51
Twisted Oak- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 38.16 - 56.7818jBDK/cdSpliced22/1214
Ilkeston- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 58 - 16 -1812aBN/cd24. 4.1958Ilkeston58/295
Wootton- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 14 - 58.14.36 -3812fBEO/cd15. 9.1989Meldreth66/762 89/971
Leaning- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 34 - 1458 - 14 -1812cB/c12. 1.1980Bolsover80/141
Oxfordshire- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 34 - 58 - 14 -7812dB/c17. 1.1953Kidlington19. 5.199153/68 157 91/591
Rutherfordium- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 34 - 58 - 14 -7818jB/c9.11.1988Barrow Gurney88/1163
Highclere Castle- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 34 - 58 - 1456 -7812dBD/c18.12.2003Highclere04/154
Double Entendre- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36 - 78 - 38 - 14 -78121362485720. 6.1977Salford, Sacred Trinity77/655 78/327
Knutsford- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.12 - 12.38.14 - 14.5812fB/c23. 6.1985Salford, Sacred Trinity85/666
Keystone- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.14 - 14.38 - 12 -3812bB/cd16.12.1967Raunds68/30
Fireium- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.14 - 14.38.14.36.14.3812cBE/cd9.12.1992Barrow Gurney93/123
Warsaw- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.14 - 14.38.56 - 56.3812bB/acd7. 9.2008Marston Bigot, Pig-le-Tower08/1013
Butleigh- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.14 - 14.58 - 12 -1812cB/cd14. 2.2013Butleigh13/254
Yttrium- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.14 - 14.58 - 36 -5812bBN/cd4. 9.1979Barrow Gurney79/822
Oxygen- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.14 - 14.58.12 - 14.7812dB/cd28. 1.1981Barrow Gurney14. 4.202281/232 22/386
Vienna- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.14 - 14.58.16 - 16.5812aBS/cd10. 8.2008Marston Bigot, Pig-le-Tower08/913
Wolfram- 58 - 16 - 12 - 36.14 - 14.58.34 - 14.7812dB/cd8.11.1979Barrow Gurney79/1057
Woodrow- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 1458 - 12 -5812dB/c31. 3.1990Amersham90/440
Festiniog- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 1458 - 14.36.7812bBE/c1. 2.1969Adderbury69/189
Shirley- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 1458 - 34 -5812dB/ac13. 5.1954Shirley54/372 479
Padfield- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 1458 - 56 -1812cB/c7. 8.1981Bristol Cathedral81/868
Pyrford- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 38 - 16 -7812bB/cY24. 9.1936Egham36/639
Gresford- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 38 - 34 -1812eBD/c23. 1.1960Lincoln, St Giles60/99
Knowle- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 38.14 - 12.3812eBDO/c28.12.1990Meldreth67/154 91/113
Dartford- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 38.16 - 16.7812bB/cY29. 6.1963Benington (Herts)63/491
Kea- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 38.56 - 36.1812eBDK/c23. 2.1976East Grinstead67/154 76/419
Runnymede- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 58 - 14 -5812dB/c22. 8.1934Warfield34/547 566
Chewton Mendip- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 12 - 58.12 - 16.5812cB/bc2. 1.1999Chewton Mendip99/118
Highclere Red House- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 1234 - 1258.36 - 16.7812bBF/cdY18.12.2008Highclere09/109
Roald Dahl- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 1234 - 38 - 16 -7812bBFG/c18. 2.2003Loughborough Bellfoundry03/224
Westridge- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 1234 - 58.1236 - 16.7812bBF/ceY25. 6.2000Highclere66/236 292 00/746
Aurora Australis- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 1258 - 36.14.7812bBGO/cd3. 6.2012Sydney, NSW, St Mary's Cathedral12/769
Swiss Cottage- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 38 - 36 -5812eBN/cd5.12.200505/1254
Wellington- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 38 - 56 -1812cB/acd28. 9.1957Aldershot57/651
Sedgley- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 38.14.36.14.7812bBG/cd2.10.1964Sedgley64/704
Leybourne- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 38.16.34.16.7812bB/cde18. 4.1998Birling98/529
Pudsey- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 58 - 16 -7812bB/cdY15. 3.1924Bolsover5. 5.19631924/179 181 63/372
Cheltenham- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 58 - 16 -7818gB/cdY23. 8.1961Harrow Weald61/599
Stourbridge- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 58 - 16.34.7812bBG/cdY17.12.1971Old Swinford72/60
Whempstead- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 58.14 - 16.5812cB/bcd30. 5.1964Benington (Herts)64/405
Howden- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 58.14 - 16.5818hB/bcd16.11.1992Meldreth92/1204
Lincoln- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 58.16 - 16.7812bB/cdY14. 2.1935Helmingham7.12.197735/115 78/13
Grimsby- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 58.16 - 16.7818gB/cdY25. 9.1979Meldreth79/887
Brushfield- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 14 - 58.36 - 34.1812cBO/acd13. 1.2014Spitalfields95/472 14/114
Barbourne- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 1238 - 16 -7812bBG/c18. 8.1974Bath, St Michael with St Paul74/923
Haselbech- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 1458 - 16 -7812bBG/c27.12.1957Haselbech58/35
Vermont- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 1458 - 16.34.7812bBG/ce15. 5.1963Harrow Weald63/370 548
Westbury- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 38 - 12 -3812fB/c4. 7.1980Stratton St Margaret67/10 80/672
Monaco- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 38 - 36.14.7812bB/ce14. 6.2009Marston Bigot, Pig-le-Tower09/683
Withyham- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 58 - 14 -5812dB/c21. 3.1948Withyham48/155 420
Ilkley- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 58 - 14 -5818jB/c24. 3.1981Burton Latimer70/519 82/513
Devenish- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 58 - 36 -5812fB/cd3. 7.200808/796
Eccleston- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 58.14 - 16.7812bB/c6. 3.1965Dartford4.10.199065/218 90/1059
Highclere- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34 - 58.36 - 16.7812bB/cdY12. 9.1965Highclere65/648
Ramsbury Gold- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38 - 34.12.58.1236 - 16.7812bBF/ceY17. 6.2010Highclere10/716
New Barge- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 12.3458 - 1236 -5812fB/ce3.11.2007Northowram07/1171
Imbolc- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 12.3458 - 1236 -5818lB/ce25.11.2007Guiseley07/1243
Teston- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 14.38 - 36.14.3818mB/bcX15. 8.1970Chislehurst, St Nicholas70/718
Lulsgate Bottom- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 14.58 - 16 -5812fB/cX24. 2.1999Barrow Gurney99/241 447
Markbeech- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 14.58.12.36.14.5812fB/ceZ15. 8.1998Chiddingstone98/894
Otterburn- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 14.58.14 - 14.5812dB/c11. 5.1987Shoreditch87/541
Lysithea- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 14.58.14 - 14.5818jB/c7.11.1996Shoreditch96/1244
Valerian- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 14.58.14 - 36.7812bBE/c3.10.1994Hughenden94/1119
Budapest- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12 - 34.1258.36 - 16.7812bB/cdY9. 8.2015Marston Bigot, Pig-le-Tower15/844
Kintbury- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12.34 - 1258.36 - 16.7812bBF/cdY5. 7.1998Kintbury98/453 747
Horsington- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.12.34 - 58.1236 - 16.7812bBF/ceY2. 7.2009Highclere09/804
Dorchester- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 12 -7812bB/cd10. 2.1954Thurcaston30.10.200254/130 02/1186
Ingarsby- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 12 -7818gB/cd28. 3.1956Loughborough Bellfoundry56/243
Dorchester County- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 12.34.7812bBD/cdSpliced11/340
Dorcestre- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 12.36.1812cB/acd3. 8.2009Bushey09/854
Fromefield- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 12.56.7812bB/acd13. 2.2005Marston Bigot, Pig-le-Tower05/306
Keeebab- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 1234 -7812bBD/cd24. 8.2015Portsmouth, St Agatha15/938
Ullswater- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 1256 -7812bB/acd15. 5.1969Islip (Oxon)69/469
Rochester- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 16 -5818mB/cd9. 6.1924Leiston4. 8.19831924/388 428 83/731
Irchester- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 34 -7812bB/acd14. 2.1931Irthlingborough31/117 119
Heanor- 58 - 16 - 12 - 38.14 - 14.38 - 3456 -7812bB/cd13.12.1986Heanor87/58

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