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ACOL, St Mildred

 

1 bell, 1½ cwt approx.
Grid Ref. TR305668
Canterbury District
Hung in open west gable.

DETAILS OF THE BELL

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

cwt approx.

c.20"

1875 or 1876

John Warner & Sons

1. J WARNER & SONS LONDON 187? (probably 1875 or 6)
 

HISTORY

12th Cent Church built at Wode or Woodchurch (All Saints in Thanet).
14th Cent The entire population having died in the Black Death, the village and church were pulled down. A residual population sprang up at Acol, which was then part of the parish of Monkton, subsequently of Birchington.
1875 The present church, a daughter church to Birchington, was built by C.N. Beazley on a site given by Mrs. Charlotte Rogers who once resided at Minster but at that time residing in Nice. A single bell was provided.
1876 The new church was opened by the Bishop of Dover.
1887 Stahlschmidt recorded a small mission or school church with presumably one modern bell.