Dorchester

Abbey Church of

SS Peter & Paul

Contact details

Tower Captain: David Parker 01865 340402

Abbey Church

Dorchester, Oxon,

8 Bells, Tenor E flat.

Sunday services 9.45 - 10.15am

(not 5^th Sunday)

3rd Sunday Evensong 5.30 - 6.00pm

Practice: Tuesday 7.30 – 9.00pm

Visiting ringers are welcome. If you are interested in learning to ring, it is advisable to telephone the tower captain or secretary first.




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Bell	Date	Founder	Weight Cwt Qtr Lbs	Inscription
Tenor	1380	Wokingham	16 - 2 -11	PROTEGE BIRINE QUOS CONVOCO TU SINE FINE RAF RASTWOLD
7th	1375	Exeter	13 - 0 - 0	PETRE: TUIS: APERI: DA: PAULE: TUIS: MISERI
6th	1591	Henry Knight 1	10 - 1 -15	VIRGINIS EGREGIE DICAR CAMPANA MARIA
5th	1606	Henry Knight 1	7 - 12 - 0	SANCTA TOMA ORA PRO NOBIS
4th	1603	Henry Knight 1	5 - 2 - 4	HENRI KNIGHT MADE ME
3rd	1651	Ellis Knight 1, Francis Knight and Henry Knight11	6 - 15 - 0	LOVE GOD
2nd	1867	Mears and Stainbank	4 - 3 - 5	IN HONOREM S.S. TRINITATIS D.D. DORCENSI ECCLESIAE. I.A.MACFARLANE
Treble	1867	Mears and Stainbank	4 - 1 - 22	IN HONOREM S.S. TRINITATIS D.D. DORCENSI ECCLESIAE INCOLAE