Chimes in the British Isles:
index by year of completion

This is an index to 68 existing or contracted chimes in the British Isles (including Ireland), in order by year of completion to the current number of bells (possibly by removal to the present site), regardless of when the bells were cast.  Instruments which were completed in the same year are listed in order by the city name without regard to the exact date on which the installation was finished.
After the year, a letter indicates that it is

C - when the complete instrument was installed;
E - when the instrument was enlarged from its previous size.

Tubular chimes are included (and so marked), since they are not separately indexed by year.

Sites are grouped into decades (unknown first); within a decade they are blocked into groups of 10.


    Location (City : Country)                Year
Unknown - 3 instruments
Some of the "unknown" dates are partial or are otherwise qualified to show that something is known about the period within which that unknown date must fall.
LERWICK                       : SHETLAND IS  ???? 
PEEBLES                       : SCOTLAND-PB  ???? 
STIRLING                      : SCOTLAND-ST  ???? 

before 1900 - 11 instruments
PRESTEIGNE                    : WALES - RD   1717
BRADFORD                      : ENGLAND -YW  1873
HIGH BEACH                    : ENGLAND -ES  1873
NEWPORT                       : WALES - GT   1874
DALSTON - SMK                 : ENGLAND -E   1877
ROEHAMPTON                    : ENGLAND -SW  1879
KIRKCALDY                     : SCOTLAND-FI  1880
GLASGOW                       : SCOTLAND-LA  1881
PAISLEY                       : SCOTLAND-RE  1882
BIRTLES HALL                  : ENGLAND -CH  1895

HOOTON PAGNELL                : ENGLAND -YW  1896

1900s - 2 instruments
LEXDEN                        : ENGLAND -ES  1901
GLANDFORD                     : ENGLAND -NF  1903

1910s - 0 instruments
[none posted yet]

1920s - 9 instruments
KENNERLEIGH                   : ENGLAND -DE  1920
LONDON - RE                   : ENGLAND -EC  1920
MELLOR                        : ENGLAND -LA  1923
FALKIRK                       : SCOTLAND-ST  1926
LEIGH-ON-SEA                  : ENGLAND -ES  1926
COVENTRY                      : ENGLAND -WA  1927
ALFRETON                      : ENGLAND -DB  1929
WYKE                          : ENGLAND -YW  1929
CLYDEBANK                     : SCOTLAND-SC  1929 

1930s - 12 instruments
CARRICKMACROSS                : IRELAND -MN  1930
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - BJ      : ENGLAND -NM  1930
FOULRIDGE                     : ENGLAND -LA  1931
FRIMLEY                       : ENGLAND -SR  1931
MANCHESTER - HN               : ENGLAND -LA  1931
BLACKBURN                     : ENGLAND -LA  1932
DEPTFORD                      : ENGLAND -SE  1932
GOLDERS GREEN                 : ENGLAND -NW  1932
PORTADOWN                     : N IRELAND-R  1932
BECONTREE                     : ENGLAND -ES  1933

LIMEHOUSE                     : ENGLAND -E   1933
LONDON - HW                   : ENGLAND -EC  1935*

1940s - 4 instruments
OULTON                        : ENGLAND -ST  1940
BRIDGE OF WEIR                : SCOTLAND-RE  1946
DUNDEE                        : SCOTLAND-AN  1948
LONDON - AH                   : ENGLAND -EC  1948

1950s - 10 instruments
ALSTON                        : ENGLAND -CU  1950
GREENOCK                      : SCOTLAND-RE  1950
KENILWORTH                    : ENGLAND -WA  1950
BOSTON - 2                    : ENGLAND -LI  1951
WYTHAM                        : ENGLAND -BR  1951
ALVERTHORPE                   : ENGLAND -YW  1955
GREAT WARLEY                  : ENGLAND -ES  1956
POOLE                         : ENGLAND -DO  1957
SELBY                         : ENGLAND -YW  1957
HOUNSLOW                      : ENGLAND -MD  1959

1960s - 4 instruments
WHITWICK                      : ENGLAND -LE  1960
DALSTON - SMY                 : ENGLAND -E   1963
LEE                           : ENGLAND -SE  1963
LONDON - FM                   : ENGLAND -W   1964

1970s - 2 instruments
GLOUCESTER                    : ENGLAND -GL  1973
ASHORNE HILL                  : ENGLAND -WA  1976*C
   *  originally at a different location

1980s - 5 instruments
CARLTON                       : ENGLAND -NT  1981
LONDON - WBF                  : ENGLAND -E   1981
LARBERT                       : SCOTLAND-ST  1985
LONDON - E                    : ENGLAND -W   1986
NEWRY                         : N IRELAND-D  1987

1990s - 3 instruments
LLANDAFF                      : WALES - GL   1992
LITTLE WALSINGHAM             : ENGLAND -NF  1993
ABERDEEN - STM                : SCOTLAND-AB  199_

2000s - 3 instruments
TOWCESTER                     : ENGLAND -NH  2000
LOUGHBOROUGH - Mobile         : ENGLAND      2003
POULTON                       : ENGLAND -CH  2007

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This index page was created 2005/02/18 and last revised on 2008/04/15.

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