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.

The church as it looked before the tower was completed.