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APPLEDORE, Ss Peter & Paul

8 bells plus clock and sanctus bells
Tenor 12-0-15 in G
Grid Ref. TQ958293
Ashford District
Frame: 1900 John Warner
Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

5-0-0

271/2"

1900

John Warner & Sons

2

5-1-6

28"

1900

John Warner & Sons

3

5-3-17

30"

1900

John Warner & Sons

4

6-0-25

311/2"

1900

John Warner & Sons

5

6-2-14

33"

1900

John Warner & Sons

6

7-2-25

35"

1900

John Warner & Sons

7

9-2-16

38"

1900

John Warner & Sons

8

12-0-15

42"

1900

John Warner & Sons

Clock

7½ cwt approx.

341/2"

1442-1468

William Chamberlain

Sanctus

1 cwt approx.

163/8"

c. 1600

Unknown

INSCRIPTIONS

1. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1900
2. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1900
3. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1900
4. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1900
5. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1900
6. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1900
7. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTDLONDON 1900
THOMAS CHENNELL GIVER OF £100
MRS THOMAS BOON       "        "     £50
8. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1900
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
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THESE BELLS WERE RECAST AND MADE
A PEAL OF EIGHT IN AUGUST 1900
CLIFFORD BERNEY HALL, M.A. VICAR

J. G. WRIGHT
E. R. TERRY

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PREVIOUS BELLS

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Note

Cast

Founder

1 5½ cwt approx. 31" D 1685 John Hodson
2 6 cwt approx. 32" C 1685 John Hodson
3 7½ cwt approx. 34½" B flat 1442-1468 William Chamberlain
4 9 cwt approx. 37½" A 1685 John Hodson
5 11 cwt approx. 40" G 1685 John Hodson
6 15½ cwt approx. 45½" F 1620 Joseph Hatch
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6.
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HISTORY

c

1440

Current clock bell cast by William Chamberlain. Later formed 3rd of a ring of 6.

c

1600

Sanctus bell cast, founder unknown.

1620

Tenor of a later ring of 6 cast by Joseph Hatch.

1685

Treble, 2nd, 4th, 5th of a ring of 6 cast by John Hodson.

1900

Bells recast into current octave in a new cast iron frame. Old 3rd was hung as a clock bell.

1969

Bells (including Sanctus) rehung. Staple was drilled out of the clock bell.

1969

14th Sept.

Bells rededicated.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo 1900

Above is a photograph taken in 1900 of the former ring of six bells that were removed from the tower. They were taken away and recast by John Warner & Sons into a ring of 8 bells which are photographed below.

Photo 1900

Photo C J Cooper, 2000 The tenor bell.
Photo C J Cooper, 2000 The belfry.

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures provided by Christopher J. Cooper.