10 bells Tenor 14 cwt approx. in F Grid Ref. TQ375697 Lewisham District Frame: 1903 John Warner Retuning: Never subsequently retuned Upstairs Ringing Room PEALS

Bell	Weight (current)	Weight (prior to loss of canons)	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	4-1-12	n/a	251/8"	1934	Gillett & Johnston
2	4-1-22	n/a	26"	1934	Gillett & Johnston
3	4¼ cwt approx.	4-3-20	28"	1902	John Warner & Sons
4	5 cwt approx	5-0-19	29"	1902	John Warner & Sons
5	5¼ cwt approx	5-2-10	30¼"	1902	John Warner & Sons
6	6¼ cwt approx	6-2-26	32½"	1902	John Warner & Sons
7	7¼ cwt approx	7-3-3	35"	1902	John Warner & Sons
8	7¾ cwt approx	8-0-17	36½"	1902	John Warner & Sons
9	10½ cwt approx	11-0-12	40"	1902	John Warner & Sons
10	14 cwt approx	14-2-18	44"	1903	John Warner & Sons
SANCTUS	2-0-0	n/a	21"	1894	Mears & Stainbank

1.	GILLETT & JOHNSTON. CROYDON. 1934.
	ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS FRIENDLY SOCIETY CENTENARY - 1934 1	5001
2.	GILLETT & JOHNSTON. CROYDON. 1934.
	COURT ST. GEORGE. NO. 5106 BECKENHAM DISTRICT 2	5002
3.	CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1902
	PRESENTED BY CHARLES E. ATKINSON WITH CLOCK IN MEMORY OF CECIL RHODES 1902.
4.	CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON
	PRESENTED BY CHARLES E. ATKINSON WITH CLOCK IN MEMORY OF CECIL RHODES 1902.
5.	THE REVD WM. ROSE_ RECTOR: ROBT HOGGART & THOS RANDELL CHURCHWARDENS.
	GEORGE GROTE & ROBT TANNER OVERSEERS: THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1796. RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1902.
6.	THOMAS BARTLET MADE THIS BELL 1625
	RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1902.
7.	THOMAS BARTLET MADE ME 1624.
	RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1902.
8.	THOMAS BARTLET MADE THIS BELL 1629.
	RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1902.
9.	THOMAS BARTLET MADE THIS BELL 1625.
	RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1902.
10.	THOMAS BARTLET MADE THIS BELL 1629.
	RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1902. HENRY ARNOTT  RECTOR. ROBT BORROWMAN & LISTER BECK. CHURCHWARDENS. W. G. BARTLEET & SON ARCHITECTS 1902
Sanctus	MEARS & STAINBANK 1894

1552		Record of 4 bells in the tower.
1624		Bell cast by Thomas Bartlett (treble of 4).
1625		Bell cast by Thomas Bartlett (3rd of 4).
1629		2 bells cast by Thomas Bartlett (2nd and tenor of 4).
1640		Treble added by William Lambart to make 5.
1783		Vestry decided to purchase a 6th bell, although it is not clear whether one was actually purchased at this time.
1790		Shingle spire destroyed in a thunder storm, together with much of the church.
1793		Church, tower and spire rebuilt and bells rehung.
1796		Treble bell added to make 6 by Thomas Mears.
1887		Church rebuilt and reconsecrated. The bells were rehung in a wooden shed on top of the incomplete tower.
1894		Sanctus Bell cast by Mears & Stainbank.
1902	11th July	Bells removed from the tower.
1902		Tower completed to its full height. Bells recast into a ring of 8 by John Warner.
1903	6th Mar.	Tenor bell completed by John Warner and all 8 bells hung in the tower.
1903	14th Nov.	Bells dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1904	16th June	Beckenham Guild of Ringers formed.
1904	8th July	Bells first rung.
1934		2 treble bells added to make 10 by Gillett & Johnston.
1952		Bells rehung on ball bearings with the old headstocks by Gillett & Johnston.
1986		Tenor rehung on a new cast iron headstock by Whitechapel after its gudgeon broke.
1992		Bells 3 - 9 rehung on new cast iron headstocks by Whitechapel.
1999		Sound control completed in the tower.

The following photographs were taken in 1903 when the 8 new bells by Warners were displayed in the church yard. The originals hang in frames in the ringing room and are reproduced here by kind permission of the Beckenham ringers.