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ALLINGTON, St Laurence |
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DETAILS OF THE BELL |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
1½ cwt approx.
18"
1866
Mears & Stainbank
| 1. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1866 |
EARLIER BELL |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
½ cwt approx.
15½"
1653
Unknown
| 1. | I M 1653 |
| (As recorded by Stahlschmidt.) |
HISTORY |
| 1192 | Earliest reference to the church. | |
| 1653 | A bell was cast for the church, founder unknown. | |
| 1866 | Bell recast by Mears & Stainbank. | |
| 1887 | Stahlschmidt records 1 bell with the inscription IM 1653, stating that it was probably by a local Maidstone founder. Odd, as by this time the 1866 bell would have been in place for some years. | |
| 1971 | 1st Nov. | Church declared redundant. |
| 1972 | June | Single bell removed by David Cawley for the KCACR. |
| 1974 | Bell rehung for chiming at the new church of St Nicholas, Allington by Whitechapel. | |
| 1974 | 18th Nov. | Declaration of redundancy scheme. |
