BREDGAR, St John the Baptist |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder
1
3-3-1
1967
Mears & Stainbank
2
4-0-27
1967
Mears & Stainbank
3
4-3-20
301/4"
1692
James Bartlett
4
5-3-22
323/16"
1620
John Wilnar
5
7-1-22
3511/16"
1579
Robert Mot
6
9-2-6
39"
1634
John Wilnar
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | ALLELUIA ALLELUIA | |||||||||||||
| WE TWO TREBLES WERE CAST
FROM THE OLD TENOR, THOMAS MEARS 1842 |
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| 2. | GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH | |||||||||||||
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STANLEY MUNRO EVANS VICAR |
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FRANCIS TOOZE |
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CHURCHWARDENS | ||||||||||||
| 3. | THE GIFT OF THOMAS ALDERSEY GENTLEMAN 1692 IACOBVS BARTLET ME FECIT | |||||||||||||
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| 5. | + Robert + Mot + made + me + MDLXXIX + + + + | |||||||||||||
| 6. | IOH WILAR 1634 |
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FORMER BELLS |
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
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Tenor of 5 |
11-2-25 |
40½" |
1842 |
Thomas Mears II |
Recast into 2 trebles 1967 |
Tenor of 5 |
11-2-8 |
Pre-Reformation |
Recast 1842 | ||
| 5. | THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1842 |
The inscriptions on the pre-Reformation tenor does not survive.
HISTORY |
1579
Present 5th cast (then the 3rd)
1634
Present tenor cast (then the 4th)
1620 Present 4th cast (then the 2nd)
1692
Present 3rd cast (then the treble).
1760
Record of 5 bells, the tenor of which was dedicated to St John, and struck the hours.
1842
The pre-Reformation tenor was recast by Thomas Mears. 1967
Tenor scrapped, the Lydian ring of 5 bells was retuned into a diatonic scale and rehung with 2 new trebles to form a ring of 6, by Mears & Stainbank.
PHOTOGRAPH |
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The Rev. Stanley Evans, vicar, helps to manhandle one of the bells. |
