Blackheath, All Saints

BLACKHEATH, All Saints

Photo DrL 13th June 2004

	1 bell + chiming bell
	Tenor: 10-3-21 in A
	Grid Ref. TQ395763
	Lewisham District
	Frame: 1879 John Taylor
	Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
	Ground Floor
	Unsafe to ring full circle at present
	Ż SOUND CLIP of the Single Bell (Recording by Dickon R. Love, 13th June, 2004)
	Ż SOUND CLIP of the Sanctus Bell (Recording by Dickon R. Love, 13th June, 2004)

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Pitch	Cast	Founder
1	10-3-21	38"	A-12	1879	John Taylor & Co
Sanctus	˝ cwt approx.	13˝"	D-48	1858	John Warner & Sons

1.	J: TAYLOR & C^o FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1879.

S.
	J MARNER & SONS LONDON 1858

The underlining of the "o" in "Co" on the main bell comprises 2 dots.
The inscription on the little bell is around the soundbow. Note that the "M" represents
an upside down "W".

1857-67	Church built by Benjamin Ferrey, architect.
1858	Small bell cast by John Warner & Sons.
1859	Parish created from St Mary the Virgin, Lewisham.
1879	An 11cwt bell was cast by John Taylor and Sons and hung in its own timber frame on a timber frame foundation for more bells. It was hung complete with ringing fittings. It was dispatched on 19th November.
1887	Stahlschmidt records two bells (including a priest's bell) by Warner & Sons, one of them dated 1858 with the larger "presumably from the same foundry and later in date". He was wrong in this respect as the larger bell was by John Taylor.
c.1904	Taylor catalogue lists "Blackheath, All Saints - 1 bell, 11cwt".

The following photographs were taken on a visit on 13th June, 2004, by DrL.

The small Warner sanctus bell.

The larger Taylor bell in its own frame with all its fittings.

The wheel was in remarkably good condition...	... but the headstock had lots of deep cracks in it where the stay is bolted on to it.