Reading Branch,ODG

Bradfield

Bells:	Ring of 6 bells (11½ cwt / ~575kg) in key of G.
Dedication:	St Andrew.
Location:	OS map ref. SU 603726 (map 175) Click to view map.
Parking:	Outside term-time, visitors may park in Bradfield College car park (¼ mile uphill from the church).
Access/Height:	The ringing chamber is reached by a spiral wooden staircase with ancient treads. Draught is average. Auditability is loud.
Service ringing:	Sunday mornings - 10:30am to ...am.
Practice ringing:	Monday evenings - 7:15pm to 9pm.
Facilities:
Belfry fittings:	The belfry is a further 15 steps up the spiral staircase. It is reasonably spacious, with 18" all round the frame for ease of access. There are canons on bells 2 to 5, but they have been removed from the treble (which has an unusually shaped headstock). There is some doubt about the precise weight and note of the Tenor.
Ringers:
Picture: © 2003 PB
Bell details:	No.	Weight cwt qr lb	Note	Date Cast	Founder	Inscription
	1	4-0-0	E	1757	Whitechapel	AT PROPER TIMES MY VOICE IL RAISE : AND SOUND TO MY SUBSCRIBERS PRAISE : ROBT FORD & THOS JUSTICE : CH WARDENS 1757 : LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT.
	2	4-3-0	D	1705	Samuel Knight Reading	SAMVELL KNIGHT 1705
	3	5-2-0	C	1655	(?) Knight	1655
	4	6-1-0	B	1705	Samuel Knight	SAMVELL KNIGHT MADE ME 1705
	5	7-2-0	A	1630	Ellis Knight I	X AS FORTH SOVND
	6	11-2-0	G	1630	Ellis Knight I	AS TENAR HVM ALL ROUND X630
History:	According to Walters' Church bells of England (p.341), Ellis Knight I cast a ring of 5 bells for Bradfield Church in 1630.