Duncton, Anthony & St George

Duncton has a single bell, hung under a shelter on the west wall.
The church was built in 1868 and consecrated the following year. Upon inheriting Burton Park, Anthony J. W. Biddulph provided a Catholic burial ground on the main road. He later developed his plans by adding a church too, designed by Gilbert Blount.

The Bell

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Hum	Note	Founder	Cast	Canon	Hanging
1		12.00"	900.5 Hz	A	Bowen & Co	1848	Yes	Swing

Recordings of the Bells

Inscriptions

Photographs

1 Bell in A
Duncton has one of the few surviving bells by Bowen & Co., cast at the Red Lion Street foundry.
Since it was cast twenty years before the church, the bell may have been supplied by Burton Park; alternatively, it could have been a stock bell.
The bell has an extraordinarily wide soundbow and canons that closely resemble the pattern used by Whitechapel. It is inscribed around the inscription band, with the letter "D" in "FOUNDER" reversed.
Several of the canons are cracked, but all are now redundant, as the headstock is attached through a hole in the argent only.
Owing to its thickness and profile, all of the partials are flat in proportion to the nominal. It is pitched by the hum note.

Shoulder Circumference: 18.75"
Shoulder to Lip Length: 8.75"
Soundbow thickness: 1.00" (8.33% of the diameter)

The bell, accessed by a 12-rung ladder, is in sound condition, though the clapper and staple are rusted and show signs of corrosion.
It is hung for swing chiming under a timber shelter.

Visited with Peter J Maddams, 11/02/2025.

Recordings of the bells:

How the bells are tuned in relation to their nominal, using Simpson's theory.

Key [measured in cents]:
-99 ~ -90 -89 ~ -80 -79 ~ -70 -69 ~ -60 -59 ~ -50 -49 ~ -40 -39 ~ -30 -29 ~ -20 -19 ~ -10 -9 ~ -0
0 ~ 9 10 ~ 19 20 ~ 29 30 ~ 39 40 ~ 49 50 ~ 59 60 ~ 69 70 ~ 79 80 ~ 89 90 ~ 99+