Broadstairs, Holy Trinity

1830	Church consecrated. Originally a chapel of ease to St Peter's, known as "Bradstow Chapel".
1850	Separated from St Peter's and assigned its own district.
1861	Steel bell cast by Naylor Vickers.
1862	The church was given a tower, built by architect G.L. Taylor at a cost of Ł846. A clock was given by Thomas Crampton and the bell presented. The church was known as "The Petrified Haystack".
1866	Church became Broadstairs Parish Church with its own parish formed from St Peter's.
1903	The steel bell was removed and a new bell was cast and hung for ringing. The initial letters of the inscription spelled the name of the donor, Thomas Raven. It was hung with a cast-iron headstock and Hesse clapper.
1915	Partial rebuilding of the church commenced (Michael Durrant, Architect). It was converted from a Commissioners Gothic box into a Romanesque basilica. A bell turret was erected to take a Sanctus bell at the east end. A bell hangs there, so high that no details have been ascertained. It is about 24" diameter, hung dead.
1924	The tower, said to be secure was demolished. The church was further rebuilt anmd extended. The Taylor bell and the clock were stored pending the building of a new tower.
1952	The tower project having been abandoned, the Taylor bell and fittings and the clock were all sold to a Thanet scrap dealer. Perhaps they still exist! The Sanctus bell is that now used for services.

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Note	Cast	Founder
Sanctus		c.24"		c.1915