St.Peter & St.Paul, Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire
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greysman
N 52° 13.682 W 001° 04.452
30U E 631528 N 5788148
A Norman tower attached to a village church rebuilt in the 19th century and containing a ring of eight bells.
Waymark Code: WM8616
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/05/2010
Views: 3
The tower of St.Peter & St.Paul's Church was built in the 12th century as part of a small village church with only a nave and a small chancel attached. In the late 18th century, when the local barracks were built, the church was too small for the vastly increased numbers attending church so the nave was remodelled to its present size. The chancel is Victorian.
The tower is built in a mixture of ironstone and limestone with two string courses, and has a Tudor style perpendicular window and door in the west face, elsewhere there are slit and round headed windows of Norman origin. A crenellated parapet of later date completes the tower.
There is a ring of eight bells in the tower ranging in age from 1601 to 1950. The lightest two, at just over 4cwt (220kg), were given in memory of those who fell in WW2 whilst the third lightest, 5cwt (260kg), was given in memory of those who fell in The Great War. A memorial in the church commemorates these soldiers.
Address of Tower:
St.Peter & St.Paul's Church, Church Street
Weedon Bec
Northampton, Northamptonshire United Kingdom
NN7 4PL
Still Operational: yes
Number of bells in tower?: 8
Rate tower: 
Tours or visits allowed in tower?: No
Relevant website?: Not listed
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