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AYLESFORD, St Peter
Photo RCO 2006

 
8 bells
Tenor 13-2-7 in F
Grid Ref. TQ729590
Maidstone District
Frame: 1885 Gillett & Co.
Retuning; Never subsequently retuned
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

4-0-24

26"

1885

Gillett & Co.

2

4-1-14

27"

1885

Gillett & Co.

3

4-3-0

28"

1885

Gillett & Co.

4

5-3-14

31"

1652

Michael Darbie

5

6-3-21

33"

1652

Michael Darbie

6

8-1-12

36"

1885

Gillett & Co.

7

10-1-20

39"

1661

Anthony Bartlett

8

13-2-7

43"

1885

Gillett & Co.
1. CAST BY GILLETT & Co CROYDON 1885
HENRY ARTHUR BRASSEY GAVE ME
CYRIL GRANT VICAR
JOHN MONSON SHAW
JAMES COLE		 } CHURCHWARDENS
2. CAST BY GILLETT & Co CROYDON 1885
HENRY ARTHUR BRASSEY GAVE ME
CYRIL GRANT VICAR
JOHN MONSON SHAW
JAMES COLE		 } CHURCHWARDENS
3. CAST BY GILLETT & Co CROYDON 1885
HENRY ARTHUR BRASSEY GAVE ME
CYRIL GRANT VICAR
JOHN MONSON SHAW
JAMES COLE		 } CHURCHWARDENS
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RECAST BY GILLETT & Co CROYDON 1885
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RECAST BY GILLETT & Co CROYDON 1885

The trebles have rather flat primes.  The bells are not especially tuned to a particular scale, with the 4th particular out of place.

HISTORY

1518

  

Thomas Cossington bequeathed 20s. for buying a new treble to augment the existing 3.

1621-1622

One of the 4 bells was recast.

1629-1630

3rd (of 4) recast.

1632-1633

3rd (of 4) recast.

1641-1641

  

Tenor recast by William Hatch; bells rehung in a new frame made by George Daye.

1652

Treble recast and new treble added to make 5.

1661

4th (of 5) recast by Anthony Bartlett.

1666

Tenor recast by Anthony Bartlett.

1682-1683

3 of the 5 bells rehung.

1688-1689

2 of the 5 bells rehung.

1708

3rd (of 5) recast by Richard Phelps; all bells rehung.

1885

Tenor recast; 3 trebles added; all rehung in a new frame.

1885

19th Dec.

Dedication of the new octave.

1887

   Stahlschmidt records the eight bells together with a blank 13 inch Priest's bell, which appears to be no longer at the church, but might be one of the bells currently in the courtyard of Aylesford Priory.

1921

 Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell.
1921 25th Nov:
To rehanging the eight bells, tightening up the framework and supplying new steel headstock to the tenor £105. Paid cq. 3rd Dec. 1921.

1978

The back 3 were rehung by Whitechapel.

2005

 10th Dec.

New wheels were provided for 1 and 2 by Whites of Appleton who also refurbished the existing wheels for 3 & 4 and reduced the diameter of the existing wheel for No. 5 to make it fit into the sequence better. New bearings were provided.

2006

 25th Feb.

Bells returned and rehung by the KCACR. A new wheel was fitted to the 5th.

2006

 12th Mar. Rededication service for the newly refurbished bells during morning service.