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BIRLING, All Saints

8 bells
Tenor 6-3-16 in A
Grid Ref. TQ681606
Maidstone District
Frame: 1986 Whitechapel
Retuning: Whitechapel 1986
Ground Floor
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight
(prior to retuning)		 Weight
(current)		 Diameter Pitch Cast Founder

1

n/a

2-2-0

A

1986

Whitechapel

2

n/a

2-3-27

G sharp

1986

Whitechapel

3

3-2-19

3-1-27

243/8"

F sharp

1759

Lester & Pack

4

3-3-19

3-1-22

257/8"

E

1746

Thomas Lester

5

4-3-15

4-0-10

273/4"

D

1746

Thomas Lester

6

n/a

4-1-12

C sharp

1986

Whitechapel

7

5-1-1

5-0-0

311/4"

B

1631

Joseph Hatch

8

7-0-9

6-3-16

34"

A

1631

Joseph Hatch

INSCRIPTIONS
1.  

ANTHONY & MARGARET
ELEANOR, CHARLOTTE, LOUISE & ALEXANDER RICHARDS
GAVE ME 1986

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2. SING TO THE LORD WITH CHEERFUL VOICE
IN MEMORY OF
HENLEY ROY TAYLOR
1924 - 1986

THE BALFOUR & NEVILL FAMILIES
HELPED TO MAKE US RING

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3. LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1759
4. MR ARMIGIGILL WHITTING CH WARDEN 1746  T : LESTER MADE ME
5. THOS LESTER MADE ME 1746
6. MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY. LONDON
CAST 1631, RECAST 1891.

RECAST
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8.
IOSEPHVS  HATCH  ME FECIT   RE  CW Jhatch.jpg (990 bytes) 1631

FORMER BELLS

Bell

Weight
(supplied)

Weight
(scrapped)

Diameter

Pitch

Cast

Founder

Fate

Treble (of 8)

3-3-3

3-3-0

243/4"

G

1891

Mears & Stainbank

Transferred to Brimpsfield

5th (of 8)

4-3-8

4-3-19

291/2"

C

1891

Mears & Stainbank

Recast 1986 as 6th of 8.

4th (of 6)

4-1-6

26"

C sharp

1631

Joseph Hatch

Recast 1891.

Tenor (of 8)

8-0-22

7-1-3

375/8"

G

1891

Mears & Stainbank

Scrapped 1986; metal reused.
1 of 8. MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY LONDON.
PRESENTED BY RALPH P. NEVILL
1891
5 of 8. MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY LONDON.
CAST 1631, RECAST 1891
4 of 6. ioseph hatch made me 1631
8 of 8. MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY LONDON.
PRESENTED BY RALPH P. NEVILL
1891

HISTORY

1631

3 bells cast by Joseph Hatch, destined to form 4,5,6 of a ring of 6.

1746

2 bells cast by Thomas Lester, forming 2,3 of 6.

1759

Treble cast by Lester & Pack.

1891

A new treble and tenor added by Mears & Stainbank, and the 4th is recast a semitone flatter. Bells rehung in a two tier anticlockwise frame.

1961

Bells rung again after many years of silence.

1982

June

Bells removed by members of the K.C.A. and stored at Whitechapel.

1986

Old treble had been sold to Brimpsfield, Glos. New bell cast a semitone sharper and another treble cast. Old 5th recast a semitone sharper and tenor scrapped. Bells rehung in new clockwise frame.

1986

10th Mar.

Bells dedicated.

1986

20th Feb.

Try out of new octave.