BRASTED, St Martin |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight
(as supplied 1881)Weight
(measured after retuning 1932)Weight
(measured after retuning 2005)Diameter Pitch Cast Founder 1
4-0-1
25" G flat
2005
Whitechapel
2
4-0-11
26" A flat
2005
Whitechapel
3
4-3-0
4-2-14
4-0-20
28" B flat
1881
Gillett & Bland
4
5-2-0
5-1-14
4-3-24
30" C flat
1881
Gillett & Bland
5
6-0-13
6-0-13
5-2-11
32" D flat
1881
Gillett & Bland
6
6-3-7
6-3-7
6-0-10
34" E flat
1881
Gillett & Bland
7
8-2-13
8-2-13
7-3-11
37" F
1881
Gillett & Bland
8
11-0-0
10-1-16
9-2-2
40" G flat
1881
Gillett & Bland
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | JUBILATE DEO OMNIS TERRA | |||||||||
THE INSPIRATION OF CATHERINE AND |
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| 2. | SERVITE DOMINO IN LAETITIA | |||||||||
THE VINESGATE BELL |
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| 3. | GILLETT, BLAND & CO CROYDON 1881 | |||||||||
| THIS PEAL ( 1780 ) WAS RECAST IN 1881. |
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| 4. | CAST BY GILLETT, BLAND & CO CROYDON 1881 | |||||||||
| 5. | CAST BY GILLETT, BLAND & CO CROYDON 1881 | |||||||||
| 6. | CAST BY GILLETT, BLAND & CO CROYDON 1881 | |||||||||
| 7. | CAST BY GILLETT, BLAND & CO CROYDON 1881 | |||||||||
| 8. | CAST BY GILLETT, BLAND & CO CLOCK MANUFACTURERS CROYDON LONDON * | |||||||||
| THIS PEAL WAS RECAST IN 1881 | ||||||||||
J. W. RYND RECTOR |
} C.WARDENS |
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Note that the
treble actually quotes the date 1780 rather than the correct date of 1730: |
DETAILS OF THE BELLS PRIOR TO 1881 |
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter | Cast |
Founder |
1 |
4-2-0 |
1730 |
Richard Phelps |
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2 |
5-2-9 |
1730 |
Richard Phelps |
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3 |
6-3-13 |
1730 |
Richard Phelps |
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4 |
7-2-17 |
1730 |
Richard Phelps |
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5 |
8-3-17 |
1730 |
Richard Phelps |
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6 |
11-0-11 |
1764 |
Thomas Janaway |
N.B. These weights are taken
from the Gillett & Bland records of 1881. A notebook in the Whitechapel
Bell Foundry,
originally from Croydon, quotes the 5th and 6th as weighing 9-2-20 and 11-0-17
respectively.
| 1. | R : PHELPS FECIT 1730 |
| 2. | R : PHELPS FECIT 1730 |
| 3. | R : PHELPS FECIT 1730 |
| 4. | R : PHELPS FECIT 1730 |
| 5. | R : PHELPS FECIT 1730 |
| 6. | THE REVD GEORGE SECKER D : D RECTOR : IOHN YOUNG & ROBERT SMITH : CHURCH WARDENS 1764 |
| THOMAS JANAWAY OF LONDON FECIT | |
HISTORY |
c.1530
There was probably a heavy ring of 4 here at about this time. 1730
Ring of 4 recast into a ring of six cast by Richard Phelps. The old frame was adapted to carry the extra bells.
1764
Tenor recast by Thomas Janaway.
1881
All the bells were recast by Gillett & Bland. A small additional bell appears to have been cast, weighing 0-2-11, although it is unclear whether this was for the church or somewhere else. It is certainly not there now. The back 5 have doncaster canons while the treble has angle canons (possibly modelled on the original 1730 bell?).
1932
Bells retuned and rehung on ball bearings by Mears & Stainbank.
1957
Clappers rebushed by Mears & Stainbank. 1989
Clappers rebushed by Whitechapel. 1989
Nov. Fire destroyed all but the walls of the choir and the nave and the tower. The bells were unharmed. 2003
Appeal launched to rehang the bells and augment to 8. 2005
Bells rehung in the old frame adapted to take the additional bells. The doncaster head canons were removed from the back 5 and all the bells were retuned. The work was carried out by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
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The ruins of the church after the fire of November, 1989. The tower and bells did not suffer in this blaze (photo DrL). |
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 More photographs of the devastated interior of the church after the fire (photos courtesy Frank Lewis). |
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