WYTHAM : ENGLAND -BR

*Location:

   All Saints Parish Church
   Abbey Entrance
   Wytham,
     Oxfordshire (Berkshire), England
   OS Ref. SP 475 087
   LL: N 51.7740, W 1.3127

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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   David B. Humphrey
   Flat 7 Apsley Court
   320 Woodstock Road
   Oxford OX2 7NS
   T: 01865/316870

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1951
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

The church Website has several pictures of the building, and a detailed history, but doesn't mention the bells.

The ACNY page for this church has a small photo, a link to a custom MultiMap, and an email link.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston 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 12-Oct-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/10
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/07/15

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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